"extricates himself by rapid movements, [62]-64;
preparations to defend entrance to New York, [65]-68;
inferiority of force to d'Estaing, [66];
follows French Fleet to Narragansett Bay, [70], and by his presence there induces d'Estaing to abandon siege of Newport, and put to sea, [73];
manoeuvres of, with inferior force, [73]-75;
fleet of, scattered by gale, [75];
returns to New York, [76], and again follows French Fleet to Boston, [77];
admirable qualities of, as illustrated in this campaign, [78];
futile contemporary criticism of, [79];
relinquishes command, and returns to England, 1778, [81];