NAVAL EVENTS OF 1781 IN EUROPE.

DARBY'S RELIEF OF GIBRALTAR, AND THE BATTLE OF THE DOGGER BANK Leading Objects of the Belligerents in 1781 186 The Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Darby 186 Capture of British Convoy with the spoils of St.Eustatius 188 The French and Spanish Fleet under Admiral de Cordova again enters the English Channel 188 Darby in inferior Force shut up in Tor Bay 188 The Allies Decide not to attack him, but to turn their Efforts against British Commerce 189 Minorca Lost by British 189 The Battle of the Dogger Bank, between British and Dutch Fleets 190.