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Admiral de Grasse and American independence

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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  • "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."@en
  • "The average American knows little or nothing of the great service rendered by Admiral de Grasse, a French admiral, to the cause of American independence in the battle off Cape Henry in 1781. The battle off Cape Henry had ultimate effects more important than those of Waterloo. De Grasse's action entailed upon the British the final loss of the thirteen colonies in America. This biography by Charles Lee Lewis places this supremely important naval battle off the Virginia Capes in its proper historical perspective, and gives de Grasse the full credit for rendering the aid which made possible t."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "Biography"@en
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  • "Admiral de Grasse and American independence"
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