Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul comte de Grasse, commanding a fleet of 28 vessels of the Navy of France, moves into Chesapeake Bay, threatening Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis’ resupply by sea.
Postscript: The following day, de Grasse landed 3,000 French reinforcements against Cornwallis.
[restored 8/15/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 31.
Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Paul_de_Grasse#Yorktown_campaign
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