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The French fleet at times on September …
Years: 1781 - 1781
September
The French fleet at times on September 8 and 9 gains the advantage of the wind, and briefly threatens the British with renewed action.
French scouts spy Barras' fleet on September 9, and de Grasse turns his fleet back toward Chesapeake Bay that night.
French scouts spy Barras' fleet on September 9, and de Grasse turns his fleet back toward Chesapeake Bay that night.
Locations
People
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
- François-Joseph Paul de Grasse
- Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
- Samuel Hood
- Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet
- Thomas Graves
Groups
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
Topics
- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the
- Yorktown, Siege of
- Chesapeake, Battle of the
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Years: 1781 - 1781
September
Locations
People
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
- François-Joseph Paul de Grasse
- Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
- Samuel Hood
- Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet
- Thomas Graves
Groups
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
Topics
- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the
- Yorktown, Siege of
- Chesapeake, Battle of the
Subjects
Regions
Subregions