quoted, 229 (note).

Leeward Islands Station, extent of, 99;
under command of Barrington when war begins, 1778, 99;
Byron succeeds to command, 1779, 105;
held temporarily by Hyde Parker, 1779, 113;
Rodney takes command, 1780, 121, 128;
Hood in temporary charge of, 1782, 177, 185, 196-205;
Rodney relieved by Pigot, 225.

Les Saintes, small West India Islands, between Dominica and
Guadeloupe, scene of Rodney's battle with de Grasse, 209,
211, 213.

Manners, Lord Robert, British naval captain (killed in the battle
of April 12, 1782), encomiums of, upon Hood, quoted, 202,
205.

Martinique, French West India Island, 99, 104, 128, 130, 140, 141,
142, 144, 147, 149, 153, 167, 206, 207;
principal French depot in West Indies, 100;
action off, between de Grasse and Hood, 162-167.

Mathews, Thomas, British Admiral, Influence in British Navy of
court martial upon, in 1744, 93, 139.

Minorca, Mediterranean Island in British possession, Byng's action
off, 1756, 93, 94;
recovery of, a primary object with Spain, 120;
supplied by Rodney, 1780, 125, 126;
by Darby, 1781, 187;
attack upon by France and Spain, 1781, 188;
capitulates, 1782, 189.

Mobile, Farragut's attack in entering, cited in illustration, 66
(note).

Monroe Doctrine, in last analysis is the formulation, in terms, of
a purpose to prevent the propagation to the American
continents of wars arising elsewhere, 4;
recognition of same danger in unchecked Asiatic immigration, 4;
necessity of adequate force in order to maintain, 29.

Montgomery, Richard, American General, sent by the Congress to
conduct invasion of Canada, 9; killed in assault on
Quebec, 10.

Moultrie, Fort, Description of, 33.

Moultrie, William, American officer, commands Fort Moultrie when
attacked by British squadron, 32-36.

Narragansett Bay, occupation of by British, 1777, 47;
value of, 47, 56;
Rodney's opinion of, 48, 115;
description of, 69;
military and naval situation in, 1778, 72, 73;
abandonment of, by British, 1779, because of improper dispersion
of their army, 113, 114, 115;
occupied by French squadron and troops, 1780, 149, 150, 155-157;
Rodney neglects to attack, 150;
French division in, watched by British from Gardiner's