Admiral de Grasse & American Independence /

Admiral de Grasse & American Independence / Charles Lee Lewis.

Biography of the French admiral who fought in the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American Revolution, in which he set the stage for American independence by making Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown possible.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Charles Lee, 1886-1951 (Author)
Other title:Admiral de Grasse and American Independence.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis : United States Naval Institute, 2014.
Subjects:
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, > comte de, > 1722-1788.
Admirals > France > Biography.
Admirals.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, French.
United States > History > Naval operations.
France.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The Castle of Bar
  • The Knights of Malta
  • The battle of Toulon
  • The battle off Finisterre
  • The humiliation of France
  • The expedition to Morocco
  • The rebirth of the French Navy
  • France drifts into war
  • The engagement off Ushant
  • The battle off the island of Grenada
  • The campaign off Martinique
  • De Grasse commands a fleet
  • The engagement with Hood
  • The strategy of Yorktown
  • Converging forces
  • The engagement off the Virginia Capes
  • The world turned upside down
  • The capture of St. Kitts
  • The engagement off Saints Passage
  • The war drags on
  • Peace negotiations
  • The scapegoat.

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