Estimate of Howe's Conduct, and of his Professional Character [232]

French Eulogies [232]

CHAPTER XIV

THE NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1783. THE CAREER OF THE BAILLI DE SUFFREN

Isolation characteristic of Military and Naval Operations in India [234]

Occurrences in 1778 [234]

Sir Edward Hughes sent to India with a Fleet, 1779 [235]

The Years prior to 1781 Uneventful [235]

A British Squadron under Commodore Johnstone sent in 1781 to seize Cape of Good Hope [236]