Newport, Rhode Island, taken possession of by British, [47];
importance of, [48];
siege of, by Americans and French, [70], [73], [77];
abandoned by British, [115];
occupied by French, [150], [155], [170], [173], [174], [179]. See Narragansett Bay.
New York, water communications between St. Lawrence and, [7], [8];
British occupy harbor of, 1776, [38];
operations around, 1776, [39]-46;
harbor, approaches, and fortifications about, [40]-42;