the Texel, 153, 155;
notice of, 170.

_De Grasse_, French Admiral,
sails from Brest for West Indies, 383;
partial action with Hood off Martinique, 383, 384;
takes Tobago, and goes thence to San Domingo, 384;
determines to go to Chesapeake Bay, 388;
thoroughness of his action, 388, 392;
anchors in Lynnhaven Bay, 388;
skilful management when opposed by Graves, 389;
share in results at Yorktown, 399;
declines to remain longer in the United States, 400, 418, 469;
return to West Indies, and expedition against St. Kitt's Island, 469;
outgeneralled by Hood, 470-476;
criticisms upon his actions, 392, 476-478, 483, 489, 494;
return to Martinique, 479;
in command of combined fleet in expedition against Jamaica, 479;
sails from Martinique, 480;
partial action of April 9, 1782, 481-483;
battle of the Saints, 486-490;
surrenders with his flag-ship, 489;
later career and death, 501-503;
findings of the court-martial on, 503.

_De Guichen_, French Admiral,
wary tactics of, 7, 413, 433;
takes command in West Indies, 376;
actions with Rodney, 378-381;
returns to France, 381, 405;
chief command of allied fleets in Europe, 407, 408;
abortive action at Torbay, 408 (and note);
injuries to convoy under his care, 408;
Rodney's opinion of, 499;
difficulty in manning his fleet, 536 (note).

_D'Orvilliers_, French Admiral,
instructions to, 339, 340;
appointed to command Brest fleet, 339;
commander-in-chief at battle of Ushant, 350-352;
commands allied fleets in English Channel, 1779, 402 (and note);
retires from the navy, 403.

_De Rions_, d'Albert, Captain in French navy,
leads in the attack on Hood's position at St. Kitt's, 474;
Suffren's opinion of, 474;
gallantry at time of De Grasse's defeat, 502 (note).

_De Ternay_, French Commodore,
commands fleet which convoys Rochambeau to America, 382;
position occupied in Newport, 394-396;
Washington's memorandum to, 397.

_De Vaudreuil_, French Commodore,
second in command to De Grasse, 494;
conducts partial attack of April 9, 1782, 482, 494;
assumes command after De Grasse's capture, 497.

_Derby_, British Admiral,
relieves Gibraltar, 407, 414 (note);
retreats before superior allied fleet, 408.

_Destouches_, French Commodore,
engagement with English fleet off the Chesapeake, 385-387.

_Douglas_, Sir Charles, Captain British navy,
chief of staff to Rodney, 485 (note);
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