CHAPTER X.
NAVAL OPERATIONS PRECEDING AND DETERMINING THE FALL OF YORKTOWN.
CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS 1781 Summary of Land Operations in Virginia early in 1781 169 Portsmouth Occupied 170 A French Squadron from Newport, and a British from Gardiner's Bay, proceed to the Scene 170 They meet off the Chesapeake 171 Action between Arbuthnot and des Touches, March 16, 1781 171 The Advantage rests with the French, but they return to Newport.
Arbuthnot enters the Chesapeake 174 Cornwallis reaches Petersburg, Virginia, May 20 175 Under the directions of Sir Henry Clinton he evacuates Portsmouth and concentrates his forces at Yorktown, August 22 175 The French Fleet under de Grasse Anchors in the Chesapeake, August 30 176 British Naval Movements, in July and August, affecting conditions in the Chesapeake 176 Admiral Graves, successor to Arbuthnot at New York, joined there by Sir Samuel Hood, August 28 177 Washington and Rochambeau move upon Cornwallis 178 The British Fleet under Graves arrives off the Chesapeake 179 Action between de Grasse and Graves, September 5 179 Hood's Criticism of Graves's Conduct 181 The British, worsted, return to New York.

De Grasse, reinforced, re-enters the Chesapeake, September 11 184 Cornwallis Surrenders, October 19 184 De Grasse and Hood Return to West Indies 185.