Raids, by British navy, [56], [114].

Rhode Island, [47], [48], [69], [70], [72], [77], [78], [79], [115], [150], [155]. See Narragansett Bay.

Riedesel, Baron, commander of German troops in Canada, 1776; testimony of, to effects of delay by Arnold's flotilla on Lake Champlain, [13], [25];

quoted, [21], [23].

Rochambeau, French general, commanding forces in America, requests coöperation of de Grasse against Cornwallis, [168].

Rodney, Sir George (afterwards Lord), British Admiral, appointed to command Leeward Islands Station, 1779, [115], [121];

sails to relieve Gibraltar, [122];

on the way, destroys two Spanish squadrons, [122]-125;

relieves the place, and sails for West Indies, [125], [126];

actions with de Guichen, April and May, 1780, [130]-135, [142]-144;