i. 414.

---- government, endeavours of the, to form a naval port in the
British Channel, i. 85.

Frenchmen, singular custom of, in battle, i. 356 _n._
French privateers, account of the capture and destruction of, ii. 284.

---- ships, comparison between, and the British, i. 81.

---- squadron, attacked in the bay of Brehat, i. 120;
gallant action of Sir J. Saumarez with, off Guernsey, 131;
force of, 132;
list of the, which sailed from Algeziras on the 12th July 1801, 419.

Frere, J.H. English ambassador at Lisbon, letter of Sir J. Saumarez
to, i. 339.

G.

Gantheaume, Admiral, list of the French fleet under, in the action off
the mouth of the Nile, ii. 412.

Gardner, Sir Alan, remarks concerning, i. 293;
appointed to command the Channel fleet, ii. 95;
applies for Sir John Duckworth to be his second in command, 96.

George III, King of England, visits the squadron under Admiral Parker,
on its arrival at the Nore, i. 51;
inquiries of, respecting Lieutenant Saumarez, 52;
expresses his satisfaction to Sir J. Saumarez with the manoeuvres
of the squadron under his command, 144;
creates Sir James a Baronet of the United Kingdom, 336;
commissions General O'Hara, governor at Gibraltar, to invest him
with the Order of the Bath, ii. 36;
illness of, 223.

---- Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. appointed Regent, ii. 223.

Gibraltar, arrival of Admiral Nelson's squadron at, i. 271;
ball given at, _ib._;
occurrences at, 401;
animating scene upon the arrival of the British squadron at, 411;
conduct of the governor and garrison at, ii. 9;
joy of the inhabitants of, upon Sir J. Saumarez being created a
Knight of the Bath, 36.

Goodall, Samuel Cranston, kindness of, to Mr. de Saumarez, i. 21;
visits the Mediterranean, _ib._;
ordered to return to England, _ib._

Gothenburg, arrival of the Baltic fleet at, ii. 101;
of Sir John Moore, _ib._;
of Sir J. Saumarez, 274.

Graeme, Capt. returns to England in the Leviathan, i. 42;
providential escape of, from shipwreck, _ib._;
commands the Preston, 46;
loses his arm in action with the Dutch, 51.

Graham, Col. (Lord Lynedoch) his successful endeavours to effect the
release of Sir John Moore, from his confinement at Stockholm, ii. 103.

Granville, attack and bombardment of, ii. 78;
remarks of Sir J. Saumarez respecting the inhabitants of, 82.

Grasse, Comte de, abandons his plan of attacking Barbadoes,