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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
n of Gibraltar, and relieved Minorca, on the thirteenth Feb. 13. of February he set sail for the West Indies. At St. Lucie he received letters from his wife, saying: Everybody is beyond measure delighted as well as astonished at your success; from his daughter: Everybody almost adores you, and every mouth is full of your praise; come back when you have done some more things in that part of the world you are in now. The thanks of both houses of parliament reached April and May. him at Barbadoes. In April and May, Rodney had twice or thrice encounters with the French fleet of Admiral Guichen, and with such success that in a grateful mood the British parliament thanked him once more. Yet he did not obtain a decided superiority in the West Indian seas, and he reported to the admiralty as the reason, that his flag had not been properly supported by some of his officers. With indifference to neutral rights, he sent frigates to seize or destroy all American vessels in St. Eustatiu
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
n of the armed neutrality without delay, he sent orders to Yorke as soon as may be to quit Holland without taking leave. Stormont to Yorke, 16 Dec., 1780. While Yorke was still negotiating at the Hague, British cruisers pounced upon the unsuspecting merchantmen of their ally of a hundred and six years, and captured two hundred ships of the republic, carrying cargoes worth fifteen millions of guilders. Four days at least before he left the Hague, a swift cutter was sent to Rodney at Barbadoes with orders, founded upon the ambassador's letter of the seventh of November, to seize St. Eustatius. Suddenly, on the third of February, 1781, the 1781. Feb. 3. British West India fleet and army, after a feint on the coasts of Martinique, appeared off the island and demanded of de Graat, the governor, its surrender within an hour. The surprise and astonishment of Chap. XX.} 1781. the inhabitants was scarcely to be conceived. Unable to offer resistance, ignorant of a rupture betwee
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 27: (search)
e Oswald came to London to make his second report, news that better reconciled the English to treat for peace arrived from the Caribbean islands. The fleet of de Grasse in 1781, after leaving the coast of the United States, gave to France the naval ascendency in the West Indies. St. Eustatius was recaptured, and generously restored to the United Provinces. St. Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat Feb. 19. were successively taken. On the nineteenth of February, 1782, Rodney reappeared at Barbadoes with a re-enforcement of twelve sail, and in the next week he effected a junction with the squadron of Hood to the leeward of Antigua. To cope with his great adversary, de Grasse, who was closely watched by Rodney from St. Lucia, must unite with the Span- April 8. ish squadron. For that purpose, on the eighth of April he turned his fleet out of Fort Royal in Martinique; and with only the advantage of a few hours over the British he ran for Hispaniola. On the ninth, 9. a partial engage