CHAPTER VI
OPERATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES, 1778-1779. THE BRITISH INVASION OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Influence of Seasonal Conditions upon Naval Operations in America [98]
Commercial Importance of the West Indies [98]
The French seize Dominica [99]
D'Estaing Sails with his Fleet from Boston for Martinique [100]
A British Squadron under Hotham sails the same day for Barbados, with Five Thousand Troops [100]
Admiral Barrington's Seizure of Santa Lucia [101]
D'Estaing sails to Recapture it [102]
Rapidity and Skill shown in Barrington's Movements and Dispositions [102]
D'Estaing's attacks Foiled, both on Sea and on Shore [103]
He Abandons the attempt and Returns to Martinique [104]
Importance of Santa Lucia in Subsequent Operations [104]
Byron Reaches Barbados, and takes over Command from Barrington [105]
D'Estaing Captures the British Island Grenada [105]
Byron goes to its Relief [106]
The Action between the two Fleets, of Byron and d'Estaing, July 6, 1779 [106]
Criticism of the two Commanders-in-Chief [110]
D'Estaing returns to Grenada, which remains French [112]
Byron returns to England. British North American Station assigned to Admiral Arbuthnot, Leeward Islands to Rodney [113]
British Operations in Georgia and South Carolina. Capture of Savannah [113]
Fatal Strategic Error in these Operations [114]
D'Estaing's attempt to Retake Savannah Foiled [115]
His appearance on the coast, however, causes the British to abandon Narragansett Bay [115]
D'Estaing succeeded by de Guichen in North America. Rodney also arrives [115]