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François Joseph Paul, Conde de Grasse, Marquês de Grasse-Tilly (13 de setembro de 1722 - 11 de janeiro de 1788) foi um oficial francês de carreira que alcançou o posto de almirante. Carreira. Ele é mais conhecido por seu comando da frota francesa na Batalha de Chesapeake em 1781, no último ano da Guerra Revolucionária Americana.
François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral. He is best known for his command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War.
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François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse, né au château des Valettes du Bar (actuellement Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Alpes-Maritimes) le 13 septembre 1722, et mort le 11 janvier 1788 au château de Tilly (dans les actuelles Yvelines), est un officier de marine français qui sert la Marine royale française.
François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse (born September 13, 1722, Le Bar, France—died January 11, 1788, Paris) was a French naval commander who engaged British forces during the American Revolution (1775–83). De Grasse took service in 1734 on the galleys of the Knights of Malta, and in 1740 he entered the French service.
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1 de mai. de 2023 · Rising through the ranks, Admiral de Grasse was uniquely positioned to engage valuable claims that fell vulnerable during the American Revolution: the British and French sugar island colonies in the Caribbean. De Grasse commanded a squadron that took part in the capture of the British colony of Grenada and an inconclusive battle off ...
The most important strategic decision that set Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army on the path to victory in the Revolutionary War was not made by Washington, but by French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. When de Grasse was ordered to sail with his French fleet from the West Indies to America in 1781 to assist Washington and ...
The following is an essay by Dr. Robert A. Selig, Visiting Professor of History and German at Hope College in Michigan, discussing how Francois Joseph Paul, Compte de Grasse, playued a pivotal role in American victory in the Revolution, despite having never set foot on the continent.
