Count Grasse-Tilly
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Military significance: The count’s victory over British vessels at Chesapeake prevented the British from supplying their besieged forces at Yorktown under Lord Charles Cornwallis; the October, 1781, surrender at Yorktown enabled the American victory in the revolution.
Count Grasse-Tilly became a marine in the Order of Malta (1734), entered the French navy (1740), rose from captain (1762) to commodore (1778), and served commendably in the West Indies (1779-1781). In the American Revolution (1775-1783), Rear Admiral Count Grasse-Tilly,...
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