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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
e 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 between Great Britain and the republic, the governor surrendered his post and its dependencies, invoking clemency for the town. The wealth of the island, which was a free port for all nations, astonished even those who had expected most, the whole
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 27: (search)
her, 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 engagement took place near the island of Dominique. At daylight on the twelfth, Rodney by 12. skilful manoeuvres drew near the French in the expanse of waters that lies between the islands of Guadeloupe, the Saintes, and Marie Galante. The sky was clear, the sea quiet; the trade-wind blew lightly, and, having the advantage of its unvarying breeze, Rodney made the signal for a