The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

abreast Admiralty ahead American anchored April army Arnold arrived astern attack Barbados batteries Brest British fleet broadsides Byron cables Cap François Cape Captain centre Channel chase Chesapeake Clinton coast command Commander-in-Chief convoy Cornwallis course cruise d'Estaing d'Orvilliers division Dominica east enemy enemy's engaged fight fire flagship force form line French admiral French fleet French ships frigates Gibraltar Grasse Guadeloupe Guichen guns hauled head Hood Hood's Howe's Hughes Hyde Parker Island July Keppel killed Kitts Lake Champlain land latter leeward line of battle Lord Martinique miles morning movement Narragansett Bay naval Navy night Parker passed port tack position put to sea reached Rear-Admiral retreat Rodney Rodney's sail Sandy Hook Santa Lucia Ships French side signal Sir Peter Parker southward squadron starboard tack station steering Suffren superior tion Trincomalee troops vessels Vice-Admiral weather West Indies wind windward wounded wrote York