Hudson River, a link in the chain of water communications from Canada to New York,7,30,45;mentioned,28,41,44,45,46,49,50,51,53;alternative name, North River,41;Washington retreats across, into New Jersey,45;British advance up valley of, 1777,55.Hughes, Sir Edward, British Admiral, commander-in-chief in East Indies, 1779,235;enterprise of,235;engagements with French Fleet under Suffren,240,242,244,247,253;loses Trincomalee,247, and compelled thereby to leave Coromandel coast for Bombay,251;reinforced by Bickerton,251;contrasted with Suffren, as a general officer,254.Hughes, Sir Richard, succeeds to West India command at peace of 1783,226;subsequent controversy with Nelson,226.Hyder, Ali, Sultan of Mysore, at war with British, 1779,235;French Admiral d'Orves refuses coöperation with,235;Suffren acts with,240,242;captures Cuddalore, 1782,244;death of, 1782,252;succeeded by Tippoo Saib,252.Inflexible, British cruiser built by Sir Charles Douglas on Lake Champlain, 1776,16;in herself sufficient to control the lake,17.Jamaica, British West India Island,38,110,149,153,159,176,177,185,224,226;conquest of, intended by France and Spain, 1782,206;attempt leads to defeat of de Grasse by Rodney,208,209;Rodney repairs to, after his victory,225.Japan, significance of contrast of population of, to square mile, with that of the United States,5.Johnstone, George, British Commodore, commands squadron despatched to take Cape of Good Hope from Dutch,236;attacked by Suffren in Porto Praya Bay,237;arrives at Cape too late, Suffren having strengthened it,238;returns to England,238;professional capacity of,239;attacks made by, upon professional conduct of Howe and Keppel,239. (See also p.80.)Jones, John Paul, American naval captain, serves as a volunteer in French Fleet, 1782,212.Kempenfelt, Richard, British Admiral, captures in Bay of Biscay great part of French convoy going to West Indies, 1781,195,196;commands a division in Channel Fleet under Howe, 1782,227,228;lost in sinking of theRoyal George,229.Keppel, Augustus, British Admiral, refuses to serve against Americans,81;commander-in-chief of Channel Fleet, 1778,61,82;encounter with French Brest Fleet,83-91;comments on the conduct of,92,97;controversy with Palliser, third in command under,95;returns to port with fleet,96;court martial upon,93;and cited from,87,88,95;resigns command,97;becomes first Lord of the Admiralty,97,225;quoted,107(note).La Motte Picquet, French Commodore,115;action with a British division off Martinique, 1779,128;encounter with squadron under Cornwallis, 1780,153-155;captures great part of a British convoy returning from West Indies, 1781,188;quoted,229(note).Leeward Islands Station, extent of,99;under command of Barrington when war begins, 1778,99;Byron succeeds to command, 1779,105;held temporarily by Hyde Parker, 1779,113;Rodney takes command, 1780,121,128;Hood in temporary charge of, 1782,177,185,196-205;Rodney relieved by Pigot,225.Les Saintes, small West India Islands, between Dominica and Guadeloupe, scene of Rodney's battle with de Grasse,209,211,213.Manners, Lord Robert, British naval captain (killed in the battle of April 12, 1782), encomiums of, upon Hood, quoted,202,205.Martinique, French West India Island,99,104,128,130,140,141,142,144,147,149,153,167,206,207;principal French depot in West Indies,100;action off, between de Grasse and Hood,162-167.Mathews, Thomas, British Admiral, Influence in British Navy of court martial upon, in 1744,93,139.Minorca, Mediterranean Island in British possession, Byng's action off, 1756,93,94;recovery of, a primary object with Spain,120;supplied by Rodney, 1780,125,126;by Darby, 1781,187;attack upon by France and Spain, 1781,188;capitulates, 1782,189.Mobile, Farragut's attack in entering, cited in illustration,66(note).Monroe Doctrine, in last analysis is the formulation, in terms, of a purpose to prevent the propagation to the American continents of wars arising elsewhere,4;recognition of same danger in unchecked Asiatic immigration,4;necessity of adequate force in order to maintain,29.Montgomery, Richard, American General, sent by the Congress to conduct invasion of Canada,9; killed in assault on Quebec,10.Moultrie, Fort, Description of,33.Moultrie, William, American officer, commands Fort Moultrie when attacked by British squadron,32-36.Narragansett Bay, occupation of by British, 1777,47;value of,47,56;Rodney's opinion of,48,115;description of,69;military and naval situation in, 1778,72,73;abandonment of, by British, 1779, because of improper dispersion of their army,113,114,115;occupied by French squadron and troops, 1780,149,150,155-157;Rodney neglects to attack,150;French division in, watched by British from Gardiner's Bay,151,170;but starts, 1781, for Chesapeake Bay,170;returns to, unsuccessful,173;sails again from,177, and joins main fleet in the Chesapeake,184.Navy, and Navies, Washington's remark that to them belonged "the casting vote" in the War of American Independence,4,147;exercised on two decisive occasions, by Arnold on Lake Champlain, 1776, and by de Grasse at Yorktown, 1781,4,7,9,168,176,178,179,184;decisive influence also in American War of Secession,4;present and future dependence upon, of Monroe Doctrine and of question of Asiatic Immigration,4,5;military explanation for this "casting vote,"5;Pacific question essentially one of,5;military reasons for general dominant effect of, in War of Independence,6,114;British, saves Canada for Great Britain,12;specific effect, on ultimate result of the general war, exerted by American, on Lake Champlain, 1776,12,13,14,25;inadequacy of British, to demands upon it,29,30,59,62,79,82,99,116,117,120,127,148,189,193,226;British, in operations at New York, 1776,40,44,47;in Burgoyne's advance, 1777,51;misuse of British, to divide the land forces,51,52,114,115,152;subsidiary operations of British,56, in the Carolinas,151, in Virginia,170;under Howe, though inadequate, saves Army under Clinton,63,64, and also New York,64-68, and subsequently Narragansett Bay with army division at Newport,72,77;tone of French, as indicated by Government instructions, and action of officers,83,89,91,92,166,235;effect of seasonal conditions upon operations of, in Europe and in America,98,100,113,115,147,149,159;in East Indies,251;inefficiency of Spanish,116,125,147,189,231,232.Nelson, mentioned or quoted,38,39,109,126,132,140,155,160,202,225,226,243.New Jersey, Washington crosses from New York into,45;operations in, 1776,46-49;impracticable to British, in 1777, and consequent effect upon Howe's course,51,52,56;retreat of British from Philadelphia through, 1778,63,64.Newport, Rhode Island, taken possession of by British,47;importance of,48;siege of, by Americans and French,70,73,77;abandoned by British,115;occupied by French,150,155,170,173,174,179. See Narragansett Bay.New York, water communications between St. Lawrence and,7,8;British occupy harbor of, 1776,38;operations around, 1776,39-46;harbor, approaches, and fortifications about,40-42;Washington abandons,45,46;British occupy,45;British forces in, unable to coöperate with those in Philadelphia,56,63;Lord Howe's preparations to defend,64-67;d'Estaing's failure to attack,67,68;Rodney goes from West Indies to,150,152,159.Order, of Battle,93(and note),137-140,191;comparison between Keppel's, off Ushant, and Byron's, off Grenada,112;Graves', off Cape Henry,179-183, criticized by Hood,181,182;Hood's at anchor off St. Kitts,202,203.Palliser, Sir Hugh, British Admiral, third in command at Battle of Ushant,84,87,90,91,93-96;court of inquiry upon,95-97.Parker, Sir Hyde, (1) British Admiral, left in temporary command at New York by Howe, 1778,80(and note);in like position in Leeward Islands by Byron, 1779-1780,113,128;biographical summary of,113;quoted,129,130;nickname of,130;implied censure of, by Rodney, in battle of April 17, 1780,136;returns to England,136;commands at Battle of the Dogger Bank,189-193;his reply to George III,193;ordered to East Indian command, and lost at sea,194.Parker, Hyde, (2) British Naval captain (afterwards Admiral Sir Hyde), in operations about New York, 1776,39,44,46;in expedition against Savannah, 1778,113,114;biographical summary of,113(note). (In 1801, commander-in-chief over Nelson, at Copenhagen,39,80, note).Parker, Sir Peter, British Admiral, commands naval force in expedition against Charleston, 1776,31;attack of, upon Fort Moultrie,33-38;gives promotion to Nelson, Collingwood, and Saumarez,38;at operations around New York,38,43,45, and at Narragansett Bay,48;commands Jamaica Station,149,153,155,159,176,177,185;superseded at Jamaica by Graves, 1781,185.Pellew, Edward, (afterwards Admiral Lord Exmouth), British midshipman, at Lake Champlain, 1776,22;in Burgoyne's advance to Saratoga, 1777,51.Philadelphia, occupation of, by British,52-55;brief tenure of,55;inutility of, to British,56;evacuation of, by British, and hazardous retreat from, to New York,63,64.
Hudson River, a link in the chain of water communications from Canada to New York,7,30,45;mentioned,28,41,44,45,46,49,50,51,53;alternative name, North River,41;Washington retreats across, into New Jersey,45;British advance up valley of, 1777,55.
Hudson River, a link in the chain of water communications from Canada to New York,7,30,45;
mentioned,28,41,44,45,46,49,50,51,53;
alternative name, North River,41;
Washington retreats across, into New Jersey,45;
British advance up valley of, 1777,55.
Hughes, Sir Edward, British Admiral, commander-in-chief in East Indies, 1779,235;enterprise of,235;engagements with French Fleet under Suffren,240,242,244,247,253;loses Trincomalee,247, and compelled thereby to leave Coromandel coast for Bombay,251;reinforced by Bickerton,251;contrasted with Suffren, as a general officer,254.
Hughes, Sir Edward, British Admiral, commander-in-chief in East Indies, 1779,235;
enterprise of,235;
engagements with French Fleet under Suffren,240,242,244,247,253;
loses Trincomalee,247, and compelled thereby to leave Coromandel coast for Bombay,251;
reinforced by Bickerton,251;
contrasted with Suffren, as a general officer,254.
Hughes, Sir Richard, succeeds to West India command at peace of 1783,226;subsequent controversy with Nelson,226.
Hughes, Sir Richard, succeeds to West India command at peace of 1783,226;
subsequent controversy with Nelson,226.
Hyder, Ali, Sultan of Mysore, at war with British, 1779,235;French Admiral d'Orves refuses coöperation with,235;Suffren acts with,240,242;captures Cuddalore, 1782,244;death of, 1782,252;succeeded by Tippoo Saib,252.
Hyder, Ali, Sultan of Mysore, at war with British, 1779,235;
French Admiral d'Orves refuses coöperation with,235;
Suffren acts with,240,242;
captures Cuddalore, 1782,244;
death of, 1782,252;
succeeded by Tippoo Saib,252.
Inflexible, British cruiser built by Sir Charles Douglas on Lake Champlain, 1776,16;in herself sufficient to control the lake,17.
Inflexible, British cruiser built by Sir Charles Douglas on Lake Champlain, 1776,16;
in herself sufficient to control the lake,17.
Jamaica, British West India Island,38,110,149,153,159,176,177,185,224,226;conquest of, intended by France and Spain, 1782,206;attempt leads to defeat of de Grasse by Rodney,208,209;Rodney repairs to, after his victory,225.
Jamaica, British West India Island,38,110,149,153,159,176,177,185,224,226;
conquest of, intended by France and Spain, 1782,206;
attempt leads to defeat of de Grasse by Rodney,208,209;
Rodney repairs to, after his victory,225.
Japan, significance of contrast of population of, to square mile, with that of the United States,5.
Japan, significance of contrast of population of, to square mile, with that of the United States,5.
Johnstone, George, British Commodore, commands squadron despatched to take Cape of Good Hope from Dutch,236;attacked by Suffren in Porto Praya Bay,237;arrives at Cape too late, Suffren having strengthened it,238;returns to England,238;professional capacity of,239;attacks made by, upon professional conduct of Howe and Keppel,239. (See also p.80.)
Johnstone, George, British Commodore, commands squadron despatched to take Cape of Good Hope from Dutch,236;
attacked by Suffren in Porto Praya Bay,237;
arrives at Cape too late, Suffren having strengthened it,238;
returns to England,238;
professional capacity of,239;
attacks made by, upon professional conduct of Howe and Keppel,239. (See also p.80.)
Jones, John Paul, American naval captain, serves as a volunteer in French Fleet, 1782,212.
Jones, John Paul, American naval captain, serves as a volunteer in French Fleet, 1782,212.
Kempenfelt, Richard, British Admiral, captures in Bay of Biscay great part of French convoy going to West Indies, 1781,195,196;commands a division in Channel Fleet under Howe, 1782,227,228;lost in sinking of theRoyal George,229.
Kempenfelt, Richard, British Admiral, captures in Bay of Biscay great part of French convoy going to West Indies, 1781,195,196;
commands a division in Channel Fleet under Howe, 1782,227,228;
lost in sinking of theRoyal George,229.
Keppel, Augustus, British Admiral, refuses to serve against Americans,81;commander-in-chief of Channel Fleet, 1778,61,82;encounter with French Brest Fleet,83-91;comments on the conduct of,92,97;controversy with Palliser, third in command under,95;returns to port with fleet,96;court martial upon,93;and cited from,87,88,95;resigns command,97;becomes first Lord of the Admiralty,97,225;quoted,107(note).
Keppel, Augustus, British Admiral, refuses to serve against Americans,81;
commander-in-chief of Channel Fleet, 1778,61,82;
encounter with French Brest Fleet,83-91;
comments on the conduct of,92,97;
controversy with Palliser, third in command under,95;
returns to port with fleet,96;
court martial upon,93;
and cited from,87,88,95;
resigns command,97;
becomes first Lord of the Admiralty,97,225;
quoted,107(note).
La Motte Picquet, French Commodore,115;action with a British division off Martinique, 1779,128;encounter with squadron under Cornwallis, 1780,153-155;captures great part of a British convoy returning from West Indies, 1781,188;quoted,229(note).
La Motte Picquet, French Commodore,115;
action with a British division off Martinique, 1779,128;
encounter with squadron under Cornwallis, 1780,153-155;
captures great part of a British convoy returning from West Indies, 1781,188;
quoted,229(note).
Leeward Islands Station, extent of,99;under command of Barrington when war begins, 1778,99;Byron succeeds to command, 1779,105;held temporarily by Hyde Parker, 1779,113;Rodney takes command, 1780,121,128;Hood in temporary charge of, 1782,177,185,196-205;Rodney relieved by Pigot,225.
Leeward Islands Station, extent of,99;
under command of Barrington when war begins, 1778,99;
Byron succeeds to command, 1779,105;
held temporarily by Hyde Parker, 1779,113;
Rodney takes command, 1780,121,128;
Hood in temporary charge of, 1782,177,185,196-205;
Rodney relieved by Pigot,225.
Les Saintes, small West India Islands, between Dominica and Guadeloupe, scene of Rodney's battle with de Grasse,209,211,213.
Les Saintes, small West India Islands, between Dominica and Guadeloupe, scene of Rodney's battle with de Grasse,209,211,213.
Manners, Lord Robert, British naval captain (killed in the battle of April 12, 1782), encomiums of, upon Hood, quoted,202,205.
Manners, Lord Robert, British naval captain (killed in the battle of April 12, 1782), encomiums of, upon Hood, quoted,202,205.
Martinique, French West India Island,99,104,128,130,140,141,142,144,147,149,153,167,206,207;principal French depot in West Indies,100;action off, between de Grasse and Hood,162-167.
Martinique, French West India Island,99,104,128,130,140,141,142,144,147,149,153,167,206,207;
principal French depot in West Indies,100;
action off, between de Grasse and Hood,162-167.
Mathews, Thomas, British Admiral, Influence in British Navy of court martial upon, in 1744,93,139.
Mathews, Thomas, British Admiral, Influence in British Navy of court martial upon, in 1744,93,139.
Minorca, Mediterranean Island in British possession, Byng's action off, 1756,93,94;recovery of, a primary object with Spain,120;supplied by Rodney, 1780,125,126;by Darby, 1781,187;attack upon by France and Spain, 1781,188;capitulates, 1782,189.
Minorca, Mediterranean Island in British possession, Byng's action off, 1756,93,94;
recovery of, a primary object with Spain,120;
supplied by Rodney, 1780,125,126;
by Darby, 1781,187;
attack upon by France and Spain, 1781,188;
capitulates, 1782,189.
Mobile, Farragut's attack in entering, cited in illustration,66(note).
Mobile, Farragut's attack in entering, cited in illustration,66(note).
Monroe Doctrine, in last analysis is the formulation, in terms, of a purpose to prevent the propagation to the American continents of wars arising elsewhere,4;recognition of same danger in unchecked Asiatic immigration,4;necessity of adequate force in order to maintain,29.
Monroe Doctrine, in last analysis is the formulation, in terms, of a purpose to prevent the propagation to the American continents of wars arising elsewhere,4;
recognition of same danger in unchecked Asiatic immigration,4;
necessity of adequate force in order to maintain,29.
Montgomery, Richard, American General, sent by the Congress to conduct invasion of Canada,9; killed in assault on Quebec,10.
Montgomery, Richard, American General, sent by the Congress to conduct invasion of Canada,9; killed in assault on Quebec,10.
Moultrie, Fort, Description of,33.
Moultrie, Fort, Description of,33.
Moultrie, William, American officer, commands Fort Moultrie when attacked by British squadron,32-36.
Moultrie, William, American officer, commands Fort Moultrie when attacked by British squadron,32-36.
Narragansett Bay, occupation of by British, 1777,47;value of,47,56;Rodney's opinion of,48,115;description of,69;military and naval situation in, 1778,72,73;abandonment of, by British, 1779, because of improper dispersion of their army,113,114,115;occupied by French squadron and troops, 1780,149,150,155-157;Rodney neglects to attack,150;French division in, watched by British from Gardiner's Bay,151,170;but starts, 1781, for Chesapeake Bay,170;returns to, unsuccessful,173;sails again from,177, and joins main fleet in the Chesapeake,184.
Narragansett Bay, occupation of by British, 1777,47;
value of,47,56;
Rodney's opinion of,48,115;
description of,69;
military and naval situation in, 1778,72,73;
abandonment of, by British, 1779, because of improper dispersion of their army,113,114,115;
occupied by French squadron and troops, 1780,149,150,155-157;
Rodney neglects to attack,150;
French division in, watched by British from Gardiner's Bay,151,170;
but starts, 1781, for Chesapeake Bay,170;
returns to, unsuccessful,173;
sails again from,177, and joins main fleet in the Chesapeake,184.
Navy, and Navies, Washington's remark that to them belonged "the casting vote" in the War of American Independence,4,147;exercised on two decisive occasions, by Arnold on Lake Champlain, 1776, and by de Grasse at Yorktown, 1781,4,7,9,168,176,178,179,184;decisive influence also in American War of Secession,4;present and future dependence upon, of Monroe Doctrine and of question of Asiatic Immigration,4,5;military explanation for this "casting vote,"5;Pacific question essentially one of,5;military reasons for general dominant effect of, in War of Independence,6,114;British, saves Canada for Great Britain,12;specific effect, on ultimate result of the general war, exerted by American, on Lake Champlain, 1776,12,13,14,25;inadequacy of British, to demands upon it,29,30,59,62,79,82,99,116,117,120,127,148,189,193,226;British, in operations at New York, 1776,40,44,47;in Burgoyne's advance, 1777,51;misuse of British, to divide the land forces,51,52,114,115,152;subsidiary operations of British,56, in the Carolinas,151, in Virginia,170;under Howe, though inadequate, saves Army under Clinton,63,64, and also New York,64-68, and subsequently Narragansett Bay with army division at Newport,72,77;tone of French, as indicated by Government instructions, and action of officers,83,89,91,92,166,235;effect of seasonal conditions upon operations of, in Europe and in America,98,100,113,115,147,149,159;in East Indies,251;inefficiency of Spanish,116,125,147,189,231,232.
Navy, and Navies, Washington's remark that to them belonged "the casting vote" in the War of American Independence,4,147;
exercised on two decisive occasions, by Arnold on Lake Champlain, 1776, and by de Grasse at Yorktown, 1781,4,7,9,168,176,178,179,184;
decisive influence also in American War of Secession,4;
present and future dependence upon, of Monroe Doctrine and of question of Asiatic Immigration,4,5;
military explanation for this "casting vote,"5;
Pacific question essentially one of,5;
military reasons for general dominant effect of, in War of Independence,6,114;
British, saves Canada for Great Britain,12;
specific effect, on ultimate result of the general war, exerted by American, on Lake Champlain, 1776,12,13,14,25;
inadequacy of British, to demands upon it,29,30,59,62,79,82,99,116,117,120,127,148,189,193,226;
British, in operations at New York, 1776,40,44,47;
in Burgoyne's advance, 1777,51;
misuse of British, to divide the land forces,51,52,114,115,152;
subsidiary operations of British,56, in the Carolinas,151, in Virginia,170;
under Howe, though inadequate, saves Army under Clinton,63,64, and also New York,64-68, and subsequently Narragansett Bay with army division at Newport,72,77;
tone of French, as indicated by Government instructions, and action of officers,83,89,91,92,166,235;
effect of seasonal conditions upon operations of, in Europe and in America,98,100,113,115,147,149,159;
in East Indies,251;
inefficiency of Spanish,116,125,147,189,231,232.
Nelson, mentioned or quoted,38,39,109,126,132,140,155,160,202,225,226,243.
Nelson, mentioned or quoted,38,39,109,126,132,140,155,160,202,225,226,243.
New Jersey, Washington crosses from New York into,45;operations in, 1776,46-49;impracticable to British, in 1777, and consequent effect upon Howe's course,51,52,56;retreat of British from Philadelphia through, 1778,63,64.
New Jersey, Washington crosses from New York into,45;
operations in, 1776,46-49;
impracticable to British, in 1777, and consequent effect upon Howe's course,51,52,56;
retreat of British from Philadelphia through, 1778,63,64.
Newport, Rhode Island, taken possession of by British,47;importance of,48;siege of, by Americans and French,70,73,77;abandoned by British,115;occupied by French,150,155,170,173,174,179. See Narragansett Bay.
Newport, Rhode Island, taken possession of by British,47;
importance of,48;
siege of, by Americans and French,70,73,77;
abandoned by British,115;
occupied by French,150,155,170,173,174,179. See Narragansett Bay.
New York, water communications between St. Lawrence and,7,8;British occupy harbor of, 1776,38;operations around, 1776,39-46;harbor, approaches, and fortifications about,40-42;Washington abandons,45,46;British occupy,45;British forces in, unable to coöperate with those in Philadelphia,56,63;Lord Howe's preparations to defend,64-67;d'Estaing's failure to attack,67,68;Rodney goes from West Indies to,150,152,159.
New York, water communications between St. Lawrence and,7,8;
British occupy harbor of, 1776,38;
operations around, 1776,39-46;
harbor, approaches, and fortifications about,40-42;
Washington abandons,45,46;
British occupy,45;
British forces in, unable to coöperate with those in Philadelphia,56,63;
Lord Howe's preparations to defend,64-67;
d'Estaing's failure to attack,67,68;
Rodney goes from West Indies to,150,152,159.
Order, of Battle,93(and note),137-140,191;comparison between Keppel's, off Ushant, and Byron's, off Grenada,112;Graves', off Cape Henry,179-183, criticized by Hood,181,182;Hood's at anchor off St. Kitts,202,203.
Order, of Battle,93(and note),137-140,191;
comparison between Keppel's, off Ushant, and Byron's, off Grenada,112;
Graves', off Cape Henry,179-183, criticized by Hood,181,182;
Hood's at anchor off St. Kitts,202,203.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, British Admiral, third in command at Battle of Ushant,84,87,90,91,93-96;court of inquiry upon,95-97.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, British Admiral, third in command at Battle of Ushant,84,87,90,91,93-96;
court of inquiry upon,95-97.
Parker, Sir Hyde, (1) British Admiral, left in temporary command at New York by Howe, 1778,80(and note);in like position in Leeward Islands by Byron, 1779-1780,113,128;biographical summary of,113;quoted,129,130;nickname of,130;implied censure of, by Rodney, in battle of April 17, 1780,136;returns to England,136;commands at Battle of the Dogger Bank,189-193;his reply to George III,193;ordered to East Indian command, and lost at sea,194.
Parker, Sir Hyde, (1) British Admiral, left in temporary command at New York by Howe, 1778,80(and note);
in like position in Leeward Islands by Byron, 1779-1780,113,128;
biographical summary of,113;
quoted,129,130;
nickname of,130;
implied censure of, by Rodney, in battle of April 17, 1780,136;
returns to England,136;
commands at Battle of the Dogger Bank,189-193;
his reply to George III,193;
ordered to East Indian command, and lost at sea,194.
Parker, Hyde, (2) British Naval captain (afterwards Admiral Sir Hyde), in operations about New York, 1776,39,44,46;in expedition against Savannah, 1778,113,114;biographical summary of,113(note). (In 1801, commander-in-chief over Nelson, at Copenhagen,39,80, note).
Parker, Hyde, (2) British Naval captain (afterwards Admiral Sir Hyde), in operations about New York, 1776,39,44,46;
in expedition against Savannah, 1778,113,114;
biographical summary of,113(note). (In 1801, commander-in-chief over Nelson, at Copenhagen,39,80, note).
Parker, Sir Peter, British Admiral, commands naval force in expedition against Charleston, 1776,31;attack of, upon Fort Moultrie,33-38;gives promotion to Nelson, Collingwood, and Saumarez,38;at operations around New York,38,43,45, and at Narragansett Bay,48;commands Jamaica Station,149,153,155,159,176,177,185;superseded at Jamaica by Graves, 1781,185.
Parker, Sir Peter, British Admiral, commands naval force in expedition against Charleston, 1776,31;
attack of, upon Fort Moultrie,33-38;
gives promotion to Nelson, Collingwood, and Saumarez,38;
at operations around New York,38,43,45, and at Narragansett Bay,48;
commands Jamaica Station,149,153,155,159,176,177,185;
superseded at Jamaica by Graves, 1781,185.
Pellew, Edward, (afterwards Admiral Lord Exmouth), British midshipman, at Lake Champlain, 1776,22;in Burgoyne's advance to Saratoga, 1777,51.
Pellew, Edward, (afterwards Admiral Lord Exmouth), British midshipman, at Lake Champlain, 1776,22;
in Burgoyne's advance to Saratoga, 1777,51.
Philadelphia, occupation of, by British,52-55;brief tenure of,55;inutility of, to British,56;evacuation of, by British, and hazardous retreat from, to New York,63,64.
Philadelphia, occupation of, by British,52-55;
brief tenure of,55;
inutility of, to British,56;
evacuation of, by British, and hazardous retreat from, to New York,63,64.