De Grasse and Hood Return to West Indies [185]

CHAPTER XI

NAVAL EVENTS OF 1781 IN EUROPE. DARBY'S RELIEF OF GIBRALTAR, AND THE BATTLE OF THE DOGGER BANK

Leading Objects of the Belligerents in 1781 [186]

The Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Darby [186]

Capture of British Convoy with the spoils of St. Eustatius [188]

The French and Spanish Fleet under Admiral de Cordova again enters the English Channel [188]

Darby in inferior Force shut up in Tor Bay [188]

The Allies Decide not to attack him, but to turn their Efforts against British Commerce [189]