OF THE WAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY CHARLES BOTTA. VOL. II. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN, BY GEORGE ALEXANDER OTIS, ESQ. EIGHTH EDITION, IN TWO VOLUMES, REVISED AND CORRECTED. NEW-HAVEN: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Connecticut District. TABLE OF CONTENTS. BOOK NINTH. SUMMARY.-Gates takes the command of the northern army. Battle between Bur BOOK TENTH. SUMMARY.--Effects produced in England by the events of the war. The carl of BOOK ELEVENTH. The SUMMARY.-The conciliatory plan of the ministry arrives in America. Effects it BOOK TWELFTH. SUMMARY.-The French capture Dominica, the English St. Lucia. The British Vincent and Grenada are conquered by the French. Naval action between the count SUMMARY.-Campaign of the south. The English besiege and take Charleston. SUMMARY.-Losses of the Dutch. Depredations of the English at St. Eustatius. The Spaniards seize West Florida. Plans of the belligerent powers. The English revictual Gibraltar. The Spaniards attack that fortress with fury. M. de la Motte Piquet takes from the English the booty they had made at St. Eustatius. Naval battle of the bay of Praya. M. de Suffren succors the Cape of Good Hope. General Elliot, governor of Gibraltar, destroys the works of the Spaniards. Attack upon Minorca. The combined fleets show themselves upon the coast of England. Fierce combat between the English and Dutch. The count de Grasse arrives in the West Indies, with a formidable fleet. Combat between him and admiral Hood. The French take Tobago. The count de Grasse and admiral Hood prepare themselves for the execution of their plans of campaign. Intestine dissensions in the United States. Insurrection in the army of Pennsylvania. Battle of Hobkirk. Battle of Eutaw Springs, and end of the campaign of the south. Campaign of Virginia. Cornwallis takes post at York- town. The combined troops besiege him there, and constrain him to surrender with The French make themselves masters of St. Christopher's. Minorca falls into the power of the allies. Change of ministry in England. SUMMARY.-Plans of the belligerent powers. The combined fleets menace the coasts |