outgeneralled throughout by Howe, [78];
goes to West Indies, 1779, [100];
fails to recover Santa Lucia, [102]-104;
captures Grenada, [105];
action with Byron, [106]-112;
fails in attempt to retake Savannah, [115];
returns to Europe with ships of his original command, [115];
sent to Cadiz, in 1780, to bring back to Brest French contingent of Allied Fleet, [158].
De Grasse, Comte, French Admiral, exercises the decisive effect in obtaining American Independence, [4];
sails to take chief command in America, 1781, [162];