The Year 1780 Uneventful in European seas [157]
Capture of a great British Convoy [157]
The Armed Neutrality of the Baltic Powers [158]
The Accession of Holland to this followed by a Declaration of War by Great Britain [158]
The French Government withdraws all its Ships of War from before Gibraltar [158]
CHAPTER IX
NAVAL CAMPAIGN IN WEST INDIES IN 1781. CAPTURE OF ST. EUSTATIUS BY RODNEY. DE GRASSE ARRIVES IN PLACE OF DE GUICHEN. TOBAGO SURRENDERS TO DE GRASSE
Effects of the Great Hurricanes of 1780 in West Indies [159]
Rodney's Diminished Force. Arrival of Sir Samuel Hood with reinforcements [160]
Rodney receives Orders to seize Dutch Possessions in Caribbean [160]