Partial Engagement when Howe leaves Gibraltar 232

Estimate of Howe's Conduct, and of his Professional Character
232

French Eulogies 232


CHAPTER XIV

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