THE NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1783.

THE CAREER OF THE BAILLI DE SUFFREN Isolation characteristic of Military and Naval Operations in India 234 Occurrences in 1778 234 Sir Edward Hughes sent to India with a Fleet, 1779 235 The Years prior to 1781 Uneventful 235 A British Squadron under Commodore Johnstone sent in 1781 to seize Cape of Good Hope 236 A Week Later, a French Squadron under Suffren sails for India 236 Suffren finds Johnstone Anchored in Porto Praya, and attacks at once 237 The immediate Result Indecisive, but the Cape of Good Hope is saved by Suffren arriving first 238 Suffren reaches Mauritius, and the French Squadron sails for India under Comte d'Orves 239 D'Orves dies, leaving Suffren in Command 240 Trincomalee, in Ceylon, captured by Hughes 240 First Engagement between Hughes and Suffren, February 17, 1782 240 Second Engagement, April 12 242 Third Engagement, July 6 244 Suffren captures Trincomalee 247 Hughes arrives, but too late to save the place 247 Fourth Engagement between Hughes and Suffren, September 3 248 Having lost Trincomalee, Hughes on the change of monsoon is compelled to go to Bombay 251 Reinforced there by Bickerton 251 Suffren winters in Sumatra, but regains Trincomalee before Hughes returns.

Also receives Reinforcements 251 The British Besiege Cuddalore 252 Suffren Relieves the Place 253 Fifth Engagement between Hughes and Suffren, June 20, 1783 253 Comparison between Hughes and Suffren 254 News of the Peace being received, June 29, Hostilities in India cease 255 GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL AND NAVAL TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK 257 INDEX 267 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Remains of the _Revenge_, one of Benedict Arnold's Schooners on Lake Champlain in 1776.

Now in Fort Ticonderoga.

_Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Major-General Philip Schuyler 12 Edward Pellew, afterwards Admiral, Lord Exmouth 12 Benedict Arnold 27 Attack on Fort Moultrie in 1776 33 Richard, Earl Howe 78 Charles Henri, Comte d'Estaing 78 Admiral, the Honourable Samuel Barrington 104 Comte de Guichen 144 George Brydges, Lord Rodney 144 Francois-Joseph-Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis de Tilly 204 Admiral, Lord Hood 204 Sir Edward Hughes, K.B.