Existing comment:
Pierre Ozanne (1737–1813)
Le Cte. d'Estaing laisse deux vaisseaux et trois frégates de son escadre à la poursuite de la frégate Anglaise la Mairmaide, et va mouiller avec le surplus dans la Delaware, la Mairmaide perdant tout espoir d'echap er se jette à la Côte
ou elle s'echoüe et voit tomber tous ses Mats, 1778
Manuscript, pen and ink with gray wash
Courtesy of Richard H. Brown
Following the American victory at Saratoga, New York, the French government decided to aid the Americans. Some French military officers, such as the Marquis de Lafayette and Pierre L'Enfant, volunteered. The French also sent army units led by the Comte de Rochambeau and a naval fleet.
French naval artist Pierre Ozanne drew this view of a French ship pursuing a British frigate at the entrance of the Delaware River in 1778. This was the first naval engagement between the French and British after France recognized the sovereignty of the U.S |