The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

by A. T. Mahan

appointed peace commissioner, jointly with Lord Howe, [39];

goes from Halifax to New York, [39];

fruitless peace negotiations, [39];

reduction of New York by, [42]-45;

subsequent operations of, to Battle of Trenton, [45]-49;

constitutional sluggishness of, [45], [47];

occupies Narragansett Bay, [48];

injudicious extension of front of operations, [48];

small results after New York, [49];

rewarded with the Order of the Bath, [49];