Course of Events from the Peace of Paris to 1778.—Maritime War Consequent upon the American Revolution.—Sea Battle off Ushant.
French discontent with the Treaty of Paris
330
Revival of the French navy
331
Discipline among French naval officers of the time
332
Choiseul's foreign policy
333
Domestic troubles in Great Britain
334
Controversies with the North American colonies
334
Genoa cedes Corsica to France
334
Dispute between England and Spain about the Falkland Islands
335
Choiseul dismissed
336
Death of Louis XV.
336
Naval policy of Louis XVI.
337
Characteristics of the maritime war of 1778
338
Instructions of Louis XVI. to the French admirals
339
Strength of English navy
341
Characteristics of the military situation in America
341
The line of the Hudson
342
Burgoyne's expedition from Canada
343
Howe carries his army from New York to the Chesapeake
343
Surrender of Burgoyne, 1777
343
American privateering
344
Clandestine support of the Americans by France
345
Treaty between France and the Americans
346
Vital importance of the French fleet to the Americans
347
The military situation in the different quarters of the globe
347
Breach between France and England
350
Sailing of the British and French fleets
350
Battle of Ushant, 1778
351
Position of a naval commander-in-chief in battle
353
CHAPTER X.
Maritime War in North America and West Indies, 1778–1781.—Its Influence upon the Course of the American Revolution.—Fleet Actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay.
D'Estaing sails from Toulon for Delaware Bay, 1778
359
British ordered to evacuate Philadelphia
359
Rapidity of Lord Howe's movements
360
D'Estaing arrives too late
360
Follows Howe to New York
360
Fails to attack there and sails for Newport
361
Howe follows him there
362
Both fleets dispersed by a storm
362
D'Estaing takes his fleet to Boston
363
Howe's activity foils D'Estaing at all points
363
D'Estaing sails for the West Indies
365
The English seize Sta. Lucia
365
Ineffectual attempts of D'Estaing to dislodge them
366
D'Estaing captures Grenada
367
Naval battle of Grenada, 1779; English ships crippled
