The operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2.
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Autores
Shea, John Gilmary, Goussencourt, chevalier de, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, Girod-Chantrans, Justin, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron,
Resumo"One hundred and fifty copies printed"--verso, t.p. The name "Chevalier de Goussencourt," under which the first journal was issued, appears to be a pseudonym.--Cf. Pref. The second journal was written "by a friendly hand, if not his [de Grasse's] own."--Cf. p. 21. Includes index. Introduction -- Francis Joseph Paul de Grasse-Rouville, count de Grasse, marquis de Tilly -- A journal of the cruise of the fleet of His Most Christian Majesty, under the command of the Count de Grasse-Tilly, in 1781 and 1782 / the Chevalier de Goussencourt -- Journal of an officer in the naval army in America, in 1781 and 1782 -- Appendix: Letter from Count de Grasse to General Washington, 23 September, 1781. Letter of General Washington, 22 September, 1781. Account of de Grasse's conquest of Tobago, from the Gazette de France, Aug. 10, 1781. Journal of the operations of the fleet, abridged from the Gazette de France, 20 November. Actions of April 9 and 12 [extracted from "Voyage d'un Suisse dans differentes colonies d'Amérique by J. Girod-Chantrans]. Rodney's account of the actions of April 9 and 12. Includes bibliographical references. Book.
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