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Admiral Francois-Joseph-Paul Count de Grasse
by Mathilde M. Leisenring after Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse
Admiral DeGrasse commanded the French naval fleet that arrived in the nick-of-time to turn back the British forces under Admiral Thomas Graves and to block the relief they carried for General Cornwallis. De Grasse's win in the Battle of the Chesapeake Capes made possible the victory by Washington and Lafayette at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. |