Admiral Francis Joseph Paul de Grasse: Hero of Yorktown

24 sail 64 guns Admiral de Barras Admiral de Grasse Admiral Digby ADMIRAL FRANCIS JOSEPH Admiral Graves sent Admiral Hood Admiral Rodney anchor arrival of Admiral artillery attack beseiging army bore bring cable's length cables Cape Henry captured caused Admiral Graves clear of Cape close action command Count de Grasse CUVILLIER Member Decided the American despatched engage English Admiral Flagship London flagship of Admiral force form line FRANCIS JOSEPH PAUL French fleet frigates George Washington Bicentennial Grasse's Guadeloupe Haiti hauled headmost ships heavy seige Hood and Admiral Hood's inferior fleet join Admiral LaFayette Legislature And Member line ahead line of battle Lynnhaven Bay Lynnhaven Roads maneuver Marquis de St Martinique miles Newport night relieve Lord Cornwallis Rochambeau scouting vessels sent to reconnoitre signal for close starboard surrender topsail troops and heavy victory at Yorktown Washington Bicentennial Commission weather gauge wind windward wrote to Admiral York Legislature York State George Yorktown Campaign