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DE GUICHEN, sails from Martinique, 197; his battle with Rodney, 200-206; asks to be relieved, 206; his fleet returns to Europe, 214; 239.

DE LA CLUE, Admiral, sails for Brest, 133; near Gibraltar, 133; is seen by British frigate, 134; pursued by Boscawen, 134; fire-ships destroyed by Boscawen, 134.

DE RUYTER, pronounced greatest naval seaman in era of Charles II., 12, 13.

D'ESTAING, Count, Howe's campaign against, 268, 269; leaves Toulon for America, 277; his arrival delayed, 279; strength of squadron of, 279; arrives, 279; sails southward, 280; enters harbor of Newport, 281; again puts to sea, 281; fleet of, scattered, 282; appears again off Rhode Island, 282; retires to Boston, 282; runs batteries at Seakonnet channel, 388; is lured out of bay, 388; abandons coast, 388.

Devonshire, 429.

Devonshire, ship, 90, 91.

Dey, of Algiers, see Algiers, Dey of.

Dominica, 237.

Dorsetshire, frigate, 41, 46, 137.

DOUGLAS, Sir Charles, his criticism of Rodney's encounter with De Grasse, 247; 433; 437; on battle of Lake Champlain, 439; commands Pellew, 440.

DOUGLAS, Sir James, 165.

DRAKE, Rear Admiral, sent by Rodney against De Grasse, 229; forced to retire before superior force, 230.

Droits de l'Homme, ship, fight of, with Indefatigable and Amazon, 456, 457; wreck of, 458.

Dungeness, anecdote of Nelson off, 446, 447.

DUPLEIX, recalled from India by French government, 101.

Dutton, ship, driven ashore at Plymouth, 452; her troops, passengers, and crew saved through action of Admiral Pellew, 452-454.

Eagle, ship, 90, 153.

East Indies, 403.

East India, station, Pellew assigned to, 460.

Egypt, 403; 404; 413.

ELLIS, Lieutenant, 343.

ELLISON, Captain, Earl St. Vincent's rebuke to, 363, 364.

ELPHINSTONE, Captain, 165.

Erie, Lake, 436.

Essex, ship, 112.

Europa Point, 419.

EXMOUTH, Lord, see Pellew.

Falkland Islands, incident at, brings Great Britain and Spain on verge of rupture, 172.

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