Burgoyne's surrender, 28.

Tiller. See "Helm."

Tippoo Saib, Sultan of Mysore, in India, succeeds his father,
Hyder Ali, 1782, and continues his policy, 252.

Tobago, British West India Island, taken by French, 167, 168.

Trenton, battle of, 48.

Trincomalee, harbor in Ceylon, a Dutch possession in 1780,
captured by British, 1782, 240;
importance, and imperfect defences, of, 240, 242, 244, 251, 252,
255;
taken by French, 1782, 247;
naval battle off, between Hughes and Suffren, 247-251.

Ushant, battle of, 83-93.

Valcour, Island in Lake Champlain, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24;
selected by Arnold as the position in which to await British
advance, 1776, 15;
description of, 19, 20;
battle of, 20-23;
American retreat from, 23-25.

Washington, George, commander-in-chief of the American armies,
expression of, that the navies had "the casting vote" in
the War of Independence, 4, 151;
arrangements of, for defence of New York City, 1776, 41-43;
withdraws the exposed division on Brooklyn Heights, 43, 44;
successive retirements of, to Harlem River, to New Jersey, and
across Delaware River, 44-46;
wins battle of Trenton, 1776, and recovers great part of New
Jersey, 48, 49;
comment of, on Howe's sailing from New York, 1777, 52;
disputes, unsuccessfully, Howe's advance on Philadelphia, 53, 55;
skilful strategic position of, in New Jersey hills, 56;
comment of, upon effects of d'Estaing's long passage out, 1778,
63;
hot pursuit by, of Clinton in retreat from Philadelphia to New
York, 64;
disappointment of, at failure of French naval assistance, 1780,
150, 152;
comment of, on Arnold's treason, 152;
with Rochambeau, asks cooeperation of de Grasse, 1781, 168;
movement of, against Cornwallis at Yorktown, 178, 184;
surrender of Cornwallis to, 185;
mentioned incidentally, 67, 72.

Washington, Fort, commanding Hudson River, 1776, 44, 46;
Washington orders evacuation of, 45;
stormed by British, and garrison taken, 46.

West Indies, dependence of, upon American continent, 60;
seasonal conditions in, affecting naval operations, 98, 115,
149, 159;
commercial importance of, 98;
naval battles in, 103, 106-112, 129, 130-135, 142-144, 153,
163-167, 198-205, 207-220.

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