CHAPTER II
NAVAL ACTION AT BOSTON, CHARLESTON, NEW YORK, AND NARRAGANSETT BAY—ASSOCIATED LAND OPERATIONS, TO THE BATTLE OF TRENTON
1776
Necessity that Force, if resorted to, be from the first Adequate [29]
Application to National Policy in peace [29]
To the Monroe Doctrine [29]
Failure of the British Government of 1775 in this respect [30]
Consequences of such failure [30]
General Howe evacuates Boston and retires to Halifax. Extent of his Command [30]
Dissemination of Effort by British Government [30]
Expedition against South Carolina [31]
Local Conditions about Charleston [32]
Description of Fort Moultrie [33]
Plan of British Naval Attack [33]
The Battle of Fort Moultrie [34]
Failure of the Attack. British Losses [36]
Comment upon the Action [37]
The Expedition retires to New York [38]
The Howes, Admiral and General, arrive in New York Bay [39]
Operations about the City [39]
Continuous and Decisive, but Inconspicuous, Part played by the British Navy [40]
Description of Local Conditions about New York [40]
American Preparations for Defence [41]
Crucial Weakness of the Scheme [42]
The Advance of the British [42]
Washington withdraws his Army from the Brooklyn side [43]
Success of this Withdrawal due to British Negligence [44]
Subsequent Operations, and Retreat of Washington to New Jersey [45]
Retreat continued to Pennsylvania, where he receives reinforcements [46]
Slackness of Sir William Howe's actions [47]
The British take possession of Narragansett Bay. Importance of that position [48]
Washington suddenly takes the Offensive. Battle of Trenton [48]
He recovers most of the State of New Jersey [49]