D'Estaing arrives too late
Follows Howe to New York
Fails to attack there and sails for Newport
Howe follows him there
Both fleets dispersed by a storm
D'Estaing takes his fleet to Boston
Howe's activity foils D'Estaing at all points
D'Estaing sails for the West Indies
The English seize Sta. Lucia
Ineffectual attempts of D'Estaing to dislodge them
D'Estaing captures Grenada
Naval battle of Grenada, 1779; English ships crippled
D'Estaing fails to improve his advantages
Reasons for his neglect
French naval policy
English operations in the Southern States
D'Estaing takes his fleet to Savannah
His fruitless assault on Savannah
D'Estaing returns to France
Fall of Charleston
De Guichen takes command in the West Indies
Rodney arrives to command English fleet
His military character
First action between Rodney and De Guichen, 1780
Breaking the line
Subsequent movements of Rodney and De Guichen
Rodney divides his fleet
Goes in person to New York
De Guichen returns to France
Arrival of French forces in Newport