expedition against Charleston, and battle of Charleston Harbor, 1776, [31]-38;
operations against, and against Georgia, renewed, 1779, [113]-115, and 1780, [151]-153;
disastrous consequences to British operations, [114], [152], [174]-176.
Champlain, Lake, Decisive effect of naval operations upon, [3], [4], [7], [13], [14], [25], [26];
strategic importance of, [7];
naval campaign upon, 1775-1776, chapter i;
remains in naval control of British throughout the war, [28].
Charleston, South Carolina, attack upon by British squadron, 1776, [32]-37;
siege and capture of, by the British, 1780, [114], [151].
Chesapeake Bay, naval command of, by French, 1781, accomplishes independence of United States, [4], [114], [184];