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Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing, né au château de Ravel [Note 1] (Puy-de-Dôme) le 24 novembre 1729 et mort guillotiné à Paris le 28 avril 1794, est un aristocrate et militaire français. Officier d'infanterie, il atteint le grade de colonel durant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche et il est blessé devant ...
Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing (24 November 1729 – 28 April 1794) was a French general and admiral. He began his service as a soldier in the War of the Austrian Succession, briefly spending time as a prisoner of war of the British during the Seven Years' War.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Charles-Hector, count d’Estaing was the commander of the first French fleet sent in support of the American colonists during the American Revolution. D’Estaing served in India during the Seven Years’ War and was governor of the Antilles (1763–66). He was appointed vice admiral in 1767 and in 1778.
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By William E. Welsh. In one of those ironic twists of history, French Vice Admiral Count Charles Henri Hector d’Estaing, who led the first French fleet to North America in 1778 to assist the Americans during their revolt against the British crown, never met George Washington.
25 de mar. de 2024 · It was commanded by Charles Henri Hector, Comte d'Estaing, who had been put in charge of the fleet even though he was primarily a soldier and had limited naval experience. D'Estaing sailed for the Americas; while he was under orders to cooperate with the Americans, his primary objective was to seize Britain's lucrative colonial ...
Biographical Note. Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d’Estaing, marquis de Saillans (1729-1794), was a vice admiral in the French navy and senior naval officer during the American Revolutionary War.
22 de mar. de 2024 · Illustration. Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing (1729-1794). D'Estaing commanded a French fleet during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and participated in the Battle of Rhode Island (1778) and the Siege of Savannah (1779).
