François Joseph Paul de Grasse
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title:
François Joseph Paul de Grasse
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François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, SMOM was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He is best known for his strategically decisive victory over the British while in command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. It directly led to the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown and helped secure the independence of the United States. After this action, de Grasse returned with his fleet to the
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French Navy officer and nobleman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Paul_de_Grasse
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2003-07-27T10:26:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T22:18:44Z
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