The Battle of Rhode Island in 1778

During the War for American Independence, military and naval operations had been in progress for more than two years when the 1778 Rhode Island Campaign occurred. This volume presents an introduction and annotated transcript of the official British reports of battle as they appeared in the British government’s official publication, The London Gazette. The naval aspects of the confrontation are reported in great detail giving readers on\-the\-scene information as well as perspectives of larger operational concerns. Included in the work is a facsimile of reports from the Gazette.\nAbout the Editor
Professor John B. Hattendorf, D.Phil., D.Litt., University of Oxford, is senior advisor at the U.S. Naval War College’s eponymous John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research and Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History. Additionally, he is the Historian of the Rhode Island Society Sons of the Revolution serves as Historian of the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars and Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati. He is the author, co\-author, editor, or co\-editor of more than fifty volumes, including the four\-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (2007).