Like many lieutenants, he would have found full-pay employment in the Navy; however, commissions were hard to obtain with the fleet largely demobilised at the end of the War of American Independence.
12.
Twenty-nine members of the Swartwout family served in the war of American independence, two having the rank of brigadier-general, three that of captain, three of lieutenant, and four of ensign.
13.
Although he was appointed colonel in October 1793 and major-general in February 1795, Chatham does not appear to have undertaken any military duties for nearly fifteen years after the end of the War of American Independence in 1783.
14.
His 1971 book, " The War of American Independence : Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice ", was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and remains the standard account of the war and its effects on society.
15.
Elsewhere in India, the French were to remain a military threat, particularly during the War of American Independence, and up to the capture of Pondich�ry in 1793 at the outset of the French Revolutionary Wars without any military presence.
16.
"Grosstaktik " is appropriate for re-enacting battles from the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of Spanish Succession, the War of Austrian Succession, the Seven Years'War, and the War of American Independence.
17.
In July 1781 the War of American Independence was not over ( though it would be within a few months ) and the navies of Great Britain and France were still fighting each other not only in the North Atlantic but as far afield as the Indian Ocean.
18.
Davison made his fortune in the late 18th century after travelling to Quebec, where he met and became friends with the 24-year-old Nelson, who was commanding HMS " Albemarle ", which was docked at Quebec City during the War of American Independence.
19.
Thus the story of the American revolt provides a key : " The Fall of the First British Empire : Origins of the Wars of American Independence " ( 1982 ) by American professors Robert W . Tucker and David Hendrickson, stresses the victorious initiative of the Americans.
20.
Little is recorded of Whidbey's life before his warranting as a sailing master in 1779 . After years of service during the war of American Independence, he received a peacetime appointment to HMS " Europa ", where with then-Lieutenant Vancouver, he conducted a detailed survey of Port Royal.
