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AFC05
PJA01
19

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need to deploy to achieve superiority in Amer. waters33

mentioned29

AFC03
AFC04
DJA01
342
PJA07
PJA09
PJA11
164

operations and movements of27

operations and deployment of25

JA's plan for reinforcing in America23

and combined fleet's capture of convoy to Indies21

operations of18

and naval balance in West Indies17

and convoys to America14

operations with Spanish Navy12

advantages of operating in Amer. waters11

deployment of11

U.S. as source of supplies and naval stores for10

PJA10

inactivity of9

at Newport8

reinforcements for America, expected but not sent8

PJA09
345

need for convoying and harassment of British supply lines7

operations with Dutch Navy7

and combined Franco-Spanish fleet6

PJA11

in West Indies6

PJA04
PJA07
PJA08

performance off Ushant6

PJA06

prepares to escort Rochambeau's army6

PJA08

reinforcements for America6

PJA07
293
PJA08

strength and condition of6

PJA08

and joint operations with Spanish5

PJA07

fleets at Brest and Toulon5

PJA06

JA comments on5

PJA09
PJA10

JA on5

Netherlands as source of naval stores for5

at Battle of Chesapeake4

PJA12

compared with British4

PJA07

inadequacy of forces sent to America4

PJA09
PJA10
267

need to concentrate operations in U.S. waters4

PJA12

rumors regarding commanders4

PJA09
PJA10
120

and West Indies3

PJA12

blockade of N.Y.3

PJA09
587
PJA10

Commissioners' memorial to Vergennes on deployment of fleet in Amer. waters (1778-1779)3

PJA09
342
PJA10
49
51

engagement with British off Portugal3

AFC03

reportedly captures East Indiamen3

PJA11
79
81
84

Sartine replaced3

PJA10

social behavior of men praised3

AFC03

strength of3

AFC02
196
PJA12
3
299

and attack on British whale fishery2

PJA07

and Bonhomme Richard squadron2

PJA08

capture of the Romulus 2

AFC04
84
94

Commissioners instructed to procure ships of the line from2

PJA10
49
51

compared to British2

PJA11

defeat by British at Saints Passage2

AFC04

fight with Amer. sailors at Boston2

PJA11

frigate aground at Cape Henry2

PJA12

importance to American strategy2

AFC03

interception of British fleet off Scilly Islands2

AFC04

juncture of fleets off Virginia2

AFC04

loan of frigate from, requested2

PJA06

operations with Spanish2

DJA04

sails from Brest2

DJA04

squadron refits at Boston2

PJA13

America received as replacement for Magnifique 1

AFC04
387

America turned over to1

PJA12
125

and benefits of treaty plan in a war with Britain1

PJA04

and capture of portion of East Indian fleet by British navy1

PJA12

and circular letter on sailing of a British fleet1

DJA04
102

and convoy of merchant vessels1

DJA02
357

and John Paul Jones1

AFC03
219

and joint Franco-Spanish fleet1

PJA12
124

and naval balance in Caribbean1

PJA10
13

and recapture of St. Eustatius1

PJA12
188

and reported landing in S.C.1

PJA11
46

as source for specie1

PJA10
263

at El Ferrol, Spain1

AFC03

breaks British blockade of Turkish waters1

PJA09
591

British captures from1

PJA06

British successes in South blamed on lack of assistance from1

AFC04
155

consumption of Amer. beef by1

PJA13
152

deployment along U.S. coast1

PJA12
255

Du Chaffault appointed to command1

DJA04
196

effect of Anglo-Dutch war on deployment of1

PJA10
444

effect of expenditures in U.S.1

PJA10
239

effect of hurricane on fleet at Martinique1

PJA10
440

effect of victory at Chesapeake on operations of British navy1

PJA12
203

Estaing commands, in American waters1

AFC03
ix

fleet of Sade in Ferrol1

DJA04

fleet sails from Toulon1

DJA04
106

fleet under d'Orvilliers1

DJA04
168

fleet under Guichen1

DJA04
241

French fleet's voyage to and operations at El Ferrol1

PJA10

frigates in Chesapeake Bay1

PJA12
417

help from, promised and delayed1

AFC04
142

inaction blamed on Franklin's subservience to French minister1

AFC04
154

in Boston Harbor1

AFC04
387

less powerful than British1

AFC04
125

losses of1

PJA09
499

operations in and around India1

PJA13
516

operations in West Indies1

PJA13
149

payment for supplies by1

PJA11
113

position and strength of1

DJA04
154

proposed protection of American coasts by1

PJA03
251

proposed service by J. P. Jones in1

PJA06
264

readiness of1

PJA05
297

reported capture of British frigate by1

PJA06
308

reported successes in West Indies1

AFC04
156

rumor of arrival of fleet off Charleston, S.C.1

AFC02

strength of fleet off U.S. coast1

PJA13
504

transports captured by British1

PJA12
157

uniforms of1

DJA02
405
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