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About François Joseph Paul de Grasse
Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French naval officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The battle directly led to the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown and helped secure the independence of the United States.
Everything about François Joseph Paul de Grasse →- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- September 13, 1722
- Died
- January 11, 1788