Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, Volume 6

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Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804
 

Contents

Lift of his Majestys fleet on Lake Champlain 1776
45
Lift of the Rebel Force on Lake Champlain that engaged
45
Loſs ſuſtained by the Rebel Army at the action at Brooklyn
45
The arrangement for winter quarters of his Majestys troops
50
Return of the ſtores ordnance c as nearly as could be
59
Lift of the cannon ſtores c taken from the enemy at
67
Lift of the fleet under the command of ViceAdmiral Lord
74
List of the fleet under the command of ViceAdmiral Lord
79
Declaration delivered by the French Ambaffador to Lord Wey
79
Lift of the Britiſh and French navy 1778
81
Return of the ordnance and ſtores found in MudIſland fort
86
For an ample account of the proceedings of his Majestys com
87
Reinforced by the following ſhips belonging to ViceAdmiral
98
Lift of the Fleet at Jamaica under ViceAdmiral Sir Peter
104
Lift of the Fleet fent to North America under ViceAdmiral
106
Liſt of the French fleet under Comte dOrvilliers which
110
vaded that iſland
112
Sentence of Admiral Keppel
117
Lift of the Britiſh fleet in the East Indies
123
Lift of the French force that took Senegal Feb 1779
125
Letter from Admiral Keppel to Philip Stevens Efq fecretary
133
Return of ordnance and ſtores taken and destroyed at
134
List of the Fleet under Admiral Keppel which failed from
135
Liſt of the Fleet under Admiral Keppel which failed from
137
Charges of misconduct against Admiral Keppel
137
Supplies voted by Parliament for the year 1779
143
Return of casualties in the different corps during the fiege
146
Lift of the Britiſh fleet at or near home
148
Articles of capitulation between Le Chevalier de Trolong
155
Lift of the Squadron under the command of Captain Burnet
157
Edwards
160
Lift of the fleet under the command of ViceAdmiral Sir
162
Copy of the Convention between the Honourable John Lut
163
Articles of capitulation between Sir Henry Clinton and
171
British land forces in North America
172
Volunteer Force at NewYork Feb 19 1780
174
Lift of the Fleet under RearAdmiral Edwards at Newfound
180
British Line of Battle in the day of Action April 17th
183
Copy of a Letter from Admiral Rodney to one of the Cap
186
fuit of the French Fleet
187
Liſt of his Majestys fleet under the command of Robert Duff
186
Liſt of the naval force ſent to the relief of the iſland of Jer
186
Lift of his Majestys Fleet under the command of ViceAdmi
219
Copy of a Letter from Admiral Rodney to one of the Cap
222
Lift of the Fleet under Sir Edward Hughes K B in
227
Tranſlation of the French Account of the action off the Cheſa
232
List of the Spaniſh fleet under R Adm Don Juan de Langara
234
Letters that paſſed between Sir Henry Clinton and Earl Corn
238
List of the French Fleet under the Comte dEstaing and
240
Commodore Johnstones Letter to Lord Hillsborough
244
Lift of the ſquadron that failed on a cruize from Spithead
248
Return of the warlike ſtores found in the town and citadel
250
List of the forces in Jerſey when the French attacked that
252
Parliamentary Grants for the year 1781
256
Lift of the fleet under ViceAdmiral Darby when reinforced
258
Particulars relative to Luke Ryan
262
Lift of the loſſes ſuſtained by the Rebels by the detachments
272
Governor Chesters Letter to Lord George Germaine
274
Lift of the fleet which failed for the East Indies February 6th
275
Ships fent to the East Indies
276
Returns of the Garriſons at Fort George and its adjoining
279
List of Britiſh ſhips and veſſels taken at Demerary
282
Line of Battle of the Britiſh Fleet under the command
284
printed in the Jamaica paper
286
Letters that paſſed between General Waſhington and Earl
289
Lift of priſfoners cannon ſtores c taken on the expedition
290
Lift of the fleet under Admiral Pigot at Jamaica See Note
292
Fleet under the command of RearAdmiral Graves
294
Lift of the fleet under Admiral Pigot which arrived at New
298
Articles of capitulation between ViceAdmiral Sir Edward
300
Lift of the Britiſh fleet under the command of ViceAdmiral
305
List of the Dutch fleet which engaged the Britiſh near
305
Lift of the fleets with the killed and wounded in V
309
List of the Spaniſh battering ſhips at Gibraltar under
315
Return of the killed and wounded in the action of the 5th
316
His Majestys ſpeech to both Houſes of Parliament
322
Lift of the Dutch fleet aſſembled at the Texel under Vice
325
French account of the Hebe French frigate and Rainbow
331
Lift of the fleet under M de Bougainville at Cape François
336
List of the fleet under Lord Howe which failed from Spithead
367
Returns of the garrifon of the killed and wounded together
373
Account of the mutiny at Portsmouth
425
Epitome of the voyages of discovery made by Commodore
454

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