Under the directions of Sir Henry Clinton he evacuates Portsmouth and concentrates his forces at Yorktown, August 22 [175]

The French Fleet under de Grasse Anchors in the Chesapeake, August 30 [176]

British Naval Movements, in July and August, affecting conditions in the Chesapeake [176]

Admiral Graves, successor to Arbuthnot at New York, joined there by Sir Samuel Hood, August 28 [177]

Washington and Rochambeau move upon Cornwallis [178]

The British Fleet under Graves arrives off the Chesapeake [179]

Action between de Grasse and Graves, September 5 [179]

Hood's Criticism of Graves's Conduct [181]

The British, worsted, return to New York. De Grasse, reinforced, re-enters the Chesapeake, September 11 [184]

Cornwallis Surrenders, October 19 [184]