ritish, 52-55;
brief tenure of, 55;
inutility of, to British, 56;
evacuation of, by British, and hazardous retreat from, to New
York, 63, 64.

Quebec, attack upon by Americans, under Montgomery, 1775, 9, 10;
blockade of, by Arnold, 1776, 10, 11;
relieved by British navy, 10-12;
utility of, to British preparations to control Lake Champlain,
15-17, 26.

Raids, by British navy, 56, 114.

Rhode Island, 47, 48, 69, 70, 72, 77, 78, 79, 115, 150, 155. See
Narragansett Bay.

Riedesel, Baron, commander of German troops in Canada, 1776;
testimony of, to effects of delay by Arnold's flotilla on
Lake Champlain, 13, 25;
quoted, 21, 23.

Rochambeau, French general, commanding forces in America, requests
cooeperation of de Grasse against Cornwallis, 168.

Rodney, Sir George (afterwards Lord), British Admiral, appointed
to command Leeward Islands Station, 1779, 115, 121;
sails to relieve Gibraltar, 122;
on the way, destroys two Spanish squadrons, 122-125;
relieves the place, and sails for West Indies, 125, 126;
actions with de Guichen, April and May, 1780, 130-135, 142-144;
censures officers of the fleet, 135-139, 145; further
proceedings in West Indies, 1780, 146-150;
takes fleet to New York, 150, and turns to West Indies, 159;
capture of Dutch islands, 1781, 160;
proceedings of, at St. Eustatius, 161, 162;
sends Hood off Martinique to intercept de Grasse, 162;
successes of de Grasse against, 167, 168;
sends Hood to New York with fleet, 176, 177, and returns to
England on leave, 177;
returns to West Indies, 1782, and rejoins Hood, 205;
pursuit of French armament against Jamaica, 207-212;
victory of, in battle of April 12, 213-220;
failure of, to improve his success, 220-225;
superseded by Pigot, and returns finally to England, 225.

Rowley, Joshua, British Admiral, brilliant conduct of, in Byron's
action, 106, 107, 109;
implicitly censured by Rodney, 136.

Sandy Hook, at entrance to New York Harbor, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66,
76, 113, 150, 177, 184, 185;
Lord Howe's preparations at, for defence of New York, 1778, 65,
66.

Santa Lucia, French West India Island, capture of, by British,
1778, 100-102;
d'Estaing's ineffectual attempt to retake, 103, 104;
military value of,