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