#comte de grasse

[agentfascinateur]

Happy 4th of July, USA 🇺🇸

We were there. Make us proud.

#lesceptre #comtedevaudreuil #marineroyale #france

[ltwilliammowett]

The Battle of Frigate Bay, 26 January 1782 by Nicholas Pocock 1784

The Battle of Frigate Bay was an action during the American Revolutionary War. Also known as the battle of St Kitts, it took place between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and a larger and more superior French fleet under the Comte de Grasse. The French attacked the British islands of St Kitts and Nevis in January 1782. Despite Hood’s daring actions he was unable to save the island from surrendering to the French.

[marq-de-laf]

Lafayette Statue in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C. - I did not know this before visiting, but Lafayette Square is situated directly north of the White House. You can see it from the Square. Lafayette gets to keep an eye on our presidents 24/7.

[since1775]

お助けフランス組。それぞれフランス革命では報われないのが本当につらい。YOUたちアメリカの子になっちゃいなよ。

[tahyirasavanna]

On This Day in History, September 5

On This Day in History, September 5

In 1781, a French fleet led by Comte de Grasse and a British fleet led by Sir Thomas Graves fought in the Battle of the Chesapeake, a vital part of the Yorktown campaign that brought an end to the American Revolution. Both fleets had sailed south from New England, seeking to take control of the Chesapeake Bay and provide assistance to their fellows engaged at Yorktown. Due to the French victory…

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[philippe-le]

Arriv

La bataille de la baie de Chesapeake, aussi connue sous le nom de bataille des caps de Virginie, est une bataille cruciale de la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis qui eut lieu près de l'embouchure de la baie de Chesapeake le 5 septembre 1781 entre la flotte du rear admiral britannique Thomas Graves et celle du lieutenant-général des armées navales François Joseph Paul de Grasse. La précision du tir français endommage suffisamment six vaisseaux britanniques pour forcer Graves à rompre le combat et à s’esquiver.

Cette bataille navale, victoire française du comte de Grasse, va décider du sort de la guerre d’indépendance américaine, car elle provoque la reddition de Charles Cornwallis à Yorktown.

Source : Wikipédia (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_la_baie_de_Chesapeake)

[foundingfatherfest]

Description of George Washington that Comte de Grasse had arrived at the Chesapeake Bay During the Revolutionary War

The joy which this welcome news produces among all the troops, and which penetrates General Washington and the Count de Rochambeau, is more easy to feel than to express....I have been equally surprised and touched, at the true and pure joy of General Washington. Of a natural coldness and of a serious and noble approach, which in him is only true dignity, and which adorn so well the chief of a whole nation, his features, his physiognomy, his deportment, all were changed in an instant. He put aside his character as arbiter of North America, and contented himself for a moment with that of a citizen, happy at the good fortune of his country. A child, whose every wish had been gratified, would not have experienced a sensation more lively, and I believe I am doing honor to the feelings of this rare man in endeavoring to express all their ardor.