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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
1
These Misled Violent People
3
2
The Surly Old Admiral
25
3
Of Admirals and Bureaucrats
41
4
The Scapegoat
51
5
The Enigma of the Howe Brothers
74
6
1777:
The Catastrophic Victory
99
7
Old Tactics For a New War
119
8
D Estaing: The Elusive Menace
137
9
Victory at Charleston
163
10
Of Admirals and Generals
190
11
Broadsides Off Cape Henry
217
12
The Unnoticed Crisis
235
13
Disaster Consummated
254
14
Conclusion
276
T^ote on Sources
282
Hotes
284
Glossary
308
Bibliographical Essay
313
Index
323
ILLUSTRATIONS
Following Page
142
A Launch at Deptford, by John Clevely the Elder. The National
Maritime Museum, London
The Admiralty Office, London, by J. C.
Stadler.
The Rational
Maritime Museum, London
John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, by Thomas
Gainsborough. The Rational Maritime Museum, London
VU
Vlil
Contents
4.
Philip
Stephens,
First
Secretary of the Admiralty. Engraving by
J. Collyer after a painting by W. Beechey. The National Maritime
Museum, London
5.
A View of the Town of Boston With Several Ships of War in
the Harbour. Engraving by Paul Revere for The
Rayai
American Magazine,
1774.
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society
6.
Boston,
1775,
by an unidentified artist. Collections of the Library of
Congress
7·
Admiral Molyneux Shuldham. Engraving by William
Dickinson after a painting by Sir Nathaniel Dance. The
Rational Maritime Museum, London
8.
Sketch of the Burning and Destroying of Castle William in
Boston Harbour, by Archibald Robertson.
Courtes?
of the
Spencer Collection of the Jiew Yor Public Library, Astor, Lenox and
Tilden
Foundations
9.
Sir Peter Parker s Attack Against Fort Moultrie, June
28,
1776,
by James
Peale. Colonial
Williamsburg
Foundation
10.
Admiral Richard, Lord Howe, by John Singleton Copley. The
Rational Maritime Museum, London
11.
View of the Narrows between Long Island
ił
Staten
Island,
Es?
our Fleet at Anchor
&
Lord Howe coming in taken from
the height at the Water Place, by Archibald
Robertson. Courtesy of the Spencer Collection of the 74.ew Tor Public
Library. Astor, Lenox and
Tilden
Foundations
12.
The Phoenix and the Rose Engaged by the Enemy s Fire Ships
and Galleys on the
16
August
1776.
Engraving by Joseph F.
W.
Des Barres
after a painting by Dominic
Serres. Courtes?
of
the Mariners Museum, viewport J iews, Virginia
13.
A View of New York from the North River, originally
published in
1777·
Courtes?
of the Mariners Museum, 7<[eu>port
Kiews,
Virginia
14.
The British Landing on Rhode Island, by John Clevely the
Elder. The
ΉαίίοηαΙ
Maritime Museum, London
15.
A Representation of the Battell fought between the English
Fleet, commanded by his H: Prince Rupert and George Duke
of Albemarle in the Royll. Charles; And the Dutch Fleet
commanded by Admll.
de Ruyter
on the 25th July
1666.
Engraving by WenceslaUS
НоІіаГ.
The H^tional Maritime Museum,
London
16.
An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia; taken by George
Heap from the Jersey Shore, under the Direction of Nicholas
Scull Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Engraving by T. Jefferys. Collections of the Library of Congress
їх
Contents
17.
Admiral Augustus
Képpel,
by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The National
Maritime Museum, London
18.
The French Squadron Sorties from the Mediterranean, May
16, 1778,
by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
19.
The French Squadron Enters the Delaware in Pursuit of the
Frigate Mermaid, by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the Library of
Congress
20.
The French Squadron Moored Before New York, Blockading
the British Squadron and Intercepting the Ships that Try to
Enter, by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
21.
The French Squadron Enters Newport Harbor, Engaging the
Batteries to Force the Passage, August
8, 1778,
by Pierre
Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
22.
Moment in the Afternoon of August
11, 1778,
by Pierre
Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
23.
The
Languedoc,
Dismasted by the Storm on the Night of
August
12,
Under Attack By a British Warship, August
13,
1778,
by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
24.
Action between H.M.S.
Isis
and the French ship of the line
César,
attributed to Thomas
Luny.
Courtesy of the Mariners
Museum, Newport News, Virginia
25.
The
Languedoc
Remasted on the Open Sea, along with the
Marseillois with her Topmasts Fished, Rejoined by the Other
Ships of the Line and Frigates of the Squadron, Except the
César,
August
17, 1778,
by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the
Library of Congress
26.
The French Squadron Moored at Boston Repairing the Ships,
by Pierre Ozanne. Collections of the Library of Congress
27.
Admiral the Hon. John Byron, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The
National Maritime Museum, London
28.
Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot. Engraving by Charles H. Hodges
after a painting by John Rising. The National Maritime Museum,
London
29.
A View of Charles Town, the Capital of South Carolina.
Engraving by Samuel Smith after a painting by Thomas
Leech. Courteyy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia
30.
Admiral Thomas Graves. Engraving by Bartolozzi after a
painting by James Northcote. The National Maritime Museum,
London
31.
Admiral Sir George Rodney, by J. L. Mosnier.
Tne
National
Maritime Museum, London
32.
Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, by James Northcote.
Tne
National
Maritime Museum, London
χ
Contents
33, 34.
The Battle of the Chesapeake, September
5, 1781,
by an
unidentified artist. The Rational Maritime Museum, London
35.
Naval Action With the British Squadron Commanded by
Admiral Howe in Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, September
5,
1781,
in New England, from the journal of Pierre-Joseph
Jeunot.
Courtesy of the
Huntington
Library, San Marino, California
36.
The Close of the Battle with the Setting Sun, representing the
Ville de
Paris striking her Colours to the Barfleur, Admiral
Lord Hood. Engraving by Francis Chesham after a painting
by Robert Dodd. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Jiewport
T^ews,
Virginia
Maps
Boston Harbor
6
The City of Boston
8
The North American Colonies,
1774 12
The New England Colonies
17
New York and Environs
85
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
107
Approaches to Philadelphia
112
Charleston, South Carolina, and Environs
177
The Mouth of Chesapeake Bay
204
The West Indies
236
Diagrams
The Eighteenth-Century Naval Battle
124
The Battle of Cape Henry, March
16, 1781
First Phase
218
Second Phase
220
Third Phase
222
Fourth Phase
224
The Battle of the Chesapeake, September
5, 1781 258
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