Government instructions to, [59];
slowness of movements of, [62]-64;
failure to attack Howe at Sandy Hook, [66]-68;
professional inefficiency of, [67], [79], [111], [112];
proceeds to Newport, R.I., [69], and enters the harbor, [70];
joins Americans in siege of the town, [70];
abandons it on Howe's appearance and puts to sea, [73];
manoeuvres against Howe, [73]-75;
fleet scattered by gale, [75];
refuses to renew siege of Newport, and goes to Boston, [77], [78];