Expedition of English against Pequots in 1637, under Captain Mason--Attack on their Fort, [047;] Its Destruction--Terrible Massacre--English depart to Saybrook--Invasion resumed--Destruction of Pequots, [048.]
Expedition, Naval, of Arnold, up the Thames, in 1781, under the British, [042;] Landing of Enemy near Light house--March toward New London--Destruction of Town and other Property, [043;] Infamy of Arnold--Attack on Fort Griswold--Defense and Capture--Murder of Colonel Ledyard, [044;] Cruelties at Fort Griswold--Departure of the Enemy, [045.]
Expedition, Naval, against British Schooner Gaspee, under Brown, in 1772, [061;] Arrival of armed Boats--Combat with Lieutenant Duddington--Duddington wounded and conveyed to Pawtuxet--Schooner destroyed--Efforts to discover Incendiaries--Appointment of Commissioners for Detection--Closing of their Labors in 1773--Names of Actors, [062.]
Expedition, Secret, to Capture General Prescott, in 1777, under Colonel Barton, [075;] Prescott's Head-quarters--Sentinel deceived--Names of Barton's Men, [076;] Seizure of Prescott and his Aid--Convey them to Providence and New York, [077.]
Expedition, American Volunteer, against Cow-boys, in 1780--Names of the Party--Their Capture of André, [187.]
Expedition (American) against Rhode Island, in 1777--Resignation of General Spencer--Appointment of Sullivan--Arrival of French Fleet at Newport-Stratagem of English--Increase of Land Forces by New England Militia, [080;] Destruction of British Vessels by English--Landing of Americans on Rhode Island--Naval Battle--Violent Tempest, [081;] State of American Troops--Refusal of French to co-operate--Sail for Boston--Protest against Sailing, [082;] Retreat of Americans to Butts's Hill--Battle of Quaker Hill--Loss of Belligerents, [083;] Evacuation of Rhode Island by Americans, [081.]
Expedition (British) against Rhode Island, under Clinton, in 1780--General Heath receives Re-enforcements of Troops--Clinton proceeds to Huntington Bay--Abandons the Enterprise, [088.]
Expedition (British) against New Bedford, in 1778, under Sir Henry Clinton--Landing of Grey on Clark's Neck--Destruction of Shipping in the Harbor--Burns Magazine, Stores, Wharves, Houses, &c.--Grey proceeds to Martha's Vineyard--Destroys Vessels--Makes Requisition for Arms, Money, Oxen, and Sheep, [084.]
Expedition (British) to Peekskill, under Sir William Howe, in 1777--Scheme and Stratagem to capture and destroy Cattle and military Stores at Peekskill--M'Dougall commences sending Stores to Forts Clinton and Montgomery--Vessels of Enemy arrive at Tarrytown, Haverstraw, and Peekskill Bay--Landing of Enemy at Peekskill--M'Dougall retreats to Gallows Hill--Sends to Fort Constitution for Detachment under Colonel Willett--Skirmish ensues--Destruction of Stores and other Property--Destruction of Continental Village, [173;] Peekskill repossessed by Americans, [174.]
Expedition against Trenton, under Washington, in 1776, [227;] Victory of Americans over the Hessians, [229;] Good Effect of the Victory at Trenton, [231.]