his  conduct  towards  Washington;


CHAPTER  IV.
Greene  at  Coventry.  —  Letter  to  Sullivan.  —  Lafayette.  —  General
Greene  to  Governor  Greene.  —  To  Colonel  Wadswortli.  —  Cheer-
ing Prospects . —  Greene  at  Tiverton.  —  The  Americans  cross  to
Ehode  Island.  —  French  Fleet  in  Narraganset  Bay.  —  British
Fleet  off  Point  Judith.  —  French  Fleet  goes  out  to  meet  them.  —
Battle  prevented  by  a  Storm.  —  Storm  on  Shore.  —  Greene  to  Mrs.
Greene.  —  Return  of  French  Fleet.  —  Greene  and  Lafayette  go  on
board.  —  D'Estaing  refuses  to  join  in  the  Siege.  —  American  Pro-
test. —  Lafayette  to  Washington.  —  Greene  to  Colonel  Pettit.
—  To  Sulhvan.  —  To  Mrs.  Greene.  —  To  General  Heath.  —  To
Washington.  —  Retreat  and  Battle.  —  Greene  to  his  Wife.  — ■  To
Washington.  —  To  John  Brown.  —  To  Sullivan .  —  Greene  in  Bos-
ton. —  R.  I.  Legislature.  —  Letters.  — End  of  the  R.  I.  Expedition.
rfIHE  letter  wHch.  we  have  just  read  was  writr
-^  ten  on  the  27th  of  July.  On  the  28th  Greene
set  out  for  Rhode  Island,  a  weary  three  days'  ride
over  a  space  which  we  now  cross  in  six  hours.  It
is  well-nigh  three  years  since  we  have  seen  at  the
head  of  his  letter,  the  date  that  we  find  there  on
the  31st.
"  COVENTEY    IeON    WOKKS.
