Admiral de Grasse and American independence
by Charles Lee Lewis
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The average American knows little or nothing of the great service rendered by Admiral de Grasse, a French admiral, to the cause of American independence in the battle off Cape Henry in 1781. The battle off Cape Henry had ultimate effects more important than those of Waterloo. De Grasse's action entailed upon the British the final loss of the thirteen colonies in America. This biography by Charles Lee Lewis places this supremely important naval battle off the Virginia Capes in its proper show more historical perspective, and gives de Grasse the full credit for rendering the aid which made possible t show lessTags
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The late Charles Lee Lewis, born in 1886, was a prominent naval historian and for many years a professor of English and history at the U.S. Naval Academy. He wrote biographies of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Adm. Franklin Buchanan, Adm. Francois Joseph Paul, Compte de Grasse, and Commo, Stephen Decatur, as well as two volumes of biographical sketches show more of famous sea fighters. show less
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