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Sep 9, 2024 · François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse (born September 13, 1722, Le Bar, France—died January 11, 1788, Paris) was a French naval commander who engaged British forces during the American Revolution (1775–83).
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4 days ago · At the same time, the French fleet, led by Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, moved like a shadow into the Chesapeake Bay, sealing Cornwallis’s fate by cutting off his only means of escape or resupply.
Sep 16, 2024 · In the meantime, a powerful British fleet relieved Gibraltar in 1781, but the price was the departure of the French fleet at Brest, part of it to India, the larger part under François-Joseph-Paul, comte de Grasse, to the West Indies.
1 day ago · France's initial military assistance to the American rebels was a disappointment, with defeats at Rhode Island and Savannah. In 1780, France sent Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and François Joseph Paul de Grasse to help the Americans, along with large land and naval forces.
Sep 22, 2024 · The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782.
2 days ago · The real victor of the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia (1781), in which the British were defeated, was less General George Washington than Admiral François-Joseph-Paul, comte de Grasse (1722–88), whose fleet had entered Chesapeake Bay.
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3 days ago · The Battle of Chesapeake Capes, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the Revolutionary War, which occurred near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay between a British fleet led by Rear Adm. Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Adm. Comte de Grasse.
