comment of, on Howe’s sailing from New York, 1777, 52;
    disputes, unsuccessfully, Howe’s advance on Philadelphia, 53, 55;
    skilful strategic position of, in New Jersey hills, 56;
    comment of, upon effects of d’Estaing’s long passage out, 1778,
          63;
    hot pursuit by, of Clinton in retreat from Philadelphia to New
          York, 64;
    disappointment of, at failure of French naval assistance, 1780,
          150, 152;
    comment of, on Arnold’s treason, 152;
    with Rochambeau, asks cooeperation of de Grasse, 1781, 168;
    movement of, against Cornwallis at Yorktown, 178, 184;
    surrender of Cornwallis to, 185;
    mentioned incidentally, 67, 72.

  Washington, Fort, commanding Hudson River, 1776, 44, 46;
    Washington orders evacuation of, 45;
    stormed by British, and garrison taken, 46.

  West Indies, dependence of, upon American continent, 60;
    seasonal conditions in, affecting naval operations, 98, 115,
          149, 159;
    commercial importance of, 98;
    naval battles in, 103, 106-112, 129, 130-135, 142-144, 153,
          163-167, 198-205, 207-220.

  White, Thomas, British naval author serving during War of American
          Independence, quoted, 108, 183 (note), 204.

  Yorktown, series of events which brought Cornwallis to, 152, 153,
          169, 170, 174, 175;
    naval actions affecting control of waters around, 170-173,
          179-184;
    Cornwallis shut up in, 176;
    French navy in force before, 184;
    French and American armies arrive before, 184;
    surrender of Cornwallis at, 185.

  Zoutman, Johan A., Dutch Admiral, commands the squadron at the
          battle of the Dogger Bank, 189-193.

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