François Joseph Paul de Grasse Community · History Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French naval officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.
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Related to Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 90% De Grasse’s control of the bay prevented a British naval relief of…
De Grasse’s control of the bay prevented a British naval relief of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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Vaudreuil served as a senior commander in de Grasse’s French fleet at the Chesapeake.
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De Grasse commanded his fleet from Ville de Paris during the Chesapeake campaign.
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Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French naval officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.