fruitless cruise of fleet of, in conjunction with French, 1781, [188], [189];
projected conquest of Jamaica, [206].
St. Eustatius, Dutch West India Island, capture of, by British, 1781, [160]-162;
a great trade centre in the war, prior to capture, [160].
St. Kitts, British West India Island, attacked by French, 1782, [196];
naval operations of Hood and de Grasse about, [196]-205;
capitulates to French, owing to lack of British land force, [205].
St. Lawrence, River, the centre of French power in Canada, [7];
strength of, as a military line, [7], [8]; as a naval line of communications, closed by ice, [10], [11], but at other seasons controlling, [11], [12];
relations, to the decisive naval campaign on Lake Champlain, 1776, [15]-17, [25]-26.