_Mons. D’Estaign._ Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri-Hector, Comte d’Estaing
(1729-1794), French admiral in command in American waters, 1778-80.
_a noble Lord opposite to me._ Richard, Lord Howe; see below, note to p.
34.
_D’Estaign’s fleet ought to have been attacked._ In August Howe pursued
D’Estaing to Newport, but a storm prevented an engagement.