17-319 (discussion),
329 (note);
in American Revolution, 344, 382, 392, 400, 404, 408 (and note),
409, 443, 445, 452, 460, 530, 539, 540 (and note);
French privateering, 133, 135, 167, 195, 196, 229, 280, 314, 317-319;
peculiar character of French privateering, 1689-1713, 194-196, 229, 230.

_Conflans_, French Admiral,
commands fleet intended for invasion of England, 300;
sails from Brest, 301;
encounters Hawke and is defeated by him, 302-304.

_Cornwallis_, British General,
wins battle of Camden, 382;
overruns Southern States, 384;
marches into Virginia, 385;
takes position at Yorktown, 387;
surrounded by enemies, 389,
capitulates, 390.

_Cornwallis_, Captain British navy,
gallant conduct in Hood's action at St. Christopher, 472.

_Corsica_,
island of, naturally Italian, 32;
a dependency of Genoa, 201;
Genoa cedes fortified harbors to France, 292;
whole island ceded to France, 334;
strategic value, 335.

_Cromwell_, Oliver,
naval policy of, 60;
issues Navigation Act, 60;
condition of navy under, 60, 61, 101, 127;
takes Jamaica, 60;
takes Dunkirk, 105.

_D'Ache_, French Commodore,
reaches India, 307;
first and second battles with Pocock, 308;
ill-will to the French governor, Lally, 307, 309;
goes to the Isle of France, 309;
return to the peninsula, and third battle with Pocock, 310;
abandons the peninsula, 310.

_De Barras_, French Commodore,
commands French squadron at Newport, and takes part in operations
against Cornwallis, 389-392.

_De la Clue_, French Commodore,
sails from Toulon to join Brest fleet, 298;
encounters and beaten by Boscawen, 299.

_D'Estaing_, French Admiral,
transferred from the army to the navy, 371;
long passage from Toulon to the Delaware, 359;
fails to attack the British fleet in New York, 361;
runs British batteries at Newport, 361;
sails in pursuit of Howe's fleet, and receives injuries in a gale, 362;
goes to Boston, 363;
foiled by Howe on all points, 363, 364;
goes to West Indies, 365;
failure at Sta. Lucia, 366;
capture of St. Vincent and Grenada, 367;
action with Byron's fleet, 367-371;
professional character, 371, 375;
ineffectual assault on Savannah, 376;
return to France, 376.

_D'Estrees_, French Admiral,
commands French contingent to the allied fleet at Solebay, 147;
at Schoneveldt, 151;
at the Texel, 152;
equivocal action at the battle of