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    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...
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    De Grasse was an anti-aircraft cruiser of the French Navy. She was the first French vessel named in honour of François Joseph Paul, Marquis de Grasse...
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    "Grasse, François Joseph Paul, Comte de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 369. "Jumelages". ville-grasse.fr (in French). Grasse...
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  • de grasse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. De Grasse may refer to: Andre De Grasse (born 1994), Canadian sprinter François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722–1788)...
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    named after the 18th century admiral count François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Between 1994 and 1996, De Grasse and her sister Tourville were refitted with...
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  • Navy have borne the name De Grasse in honour of François Joseph Paul de Grasse: De Grasse (1939), a requisitioned steamer De Grasse (C610), an anti-aircraft...
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    ship of the Navy to bear the name De Grasse, named after French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. De Grasse was launched 24 February 1943, as liberty...
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    François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Isaiah's mother, Maria van Surlee, had African and Dutch heritage. His younger brother, John van Salee de Grasse, was a...
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    USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), named for Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1722–1788), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls...
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    Admiral de Grasse offered a desultory chase before seeing the French convoys safe to port. In March 1781, a large French fleet under the command of Grasse left...
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    was named after the French ship of the line Ville de Paris, flagship of François Joseph Paul de Grasse during the American Revolutionary War. That ship...
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    George de Grasse, who was born in Calcutta as Azar Le Guen; he was of mixed-race, Indian-French ancestry. He is likely the son of François Joseph Paul de Grasse...
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    Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse, known as Auguste de Grasse and Comte de Grasse-Tilly (February 14, 1765 – June 10, 1845), was a French career army...
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  • synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States. François-Joseph Paul de Grasse (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy admiral...
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    monster, representing the entrance to hell. François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722-1788), Comte de Grasse and career naval officer who made rank of admiral...
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    Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical...
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    Vice-Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul de Grasse from the West Indies. British Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, who had been tracking de Grasse around the...
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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette...
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    Spanish Navy to defend the French West Indies allowed Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse to relocate to the Atlantic seaboard, a move Arbuthnot did not...
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    Louis. The other capital ships of the era, Ville de Paris, flagship of François Joseph Paul de Grasse during the American War of Independence, and Bretagne...
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    Jan. 1782, the French under Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul de Grasse and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, laid siege to the fort. During the...
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    Indies, participating in a number of engagements there. François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de Grasse was a rear admiral of the French Navy, active in the...
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  • Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse, known as Comte de Grasse-Tilly. He was born in France as the eldest legitimate son of François Joseph Paul de Grasse, a...
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    Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, commanding his country's forces in North America, sent a desperate appeal to François Joseph Paul de Grasse, the...
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    Governor Cornelius Van Ness. Named after French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse "Grasse Mount" was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
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    lieutenant de vaisseau on the day of the battle. He was commended for his actions during the battle, mentioned by Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse as being...
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    Oswegatchie and Raquette rivers. The river was named after François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse,[citation needed] a French admiral and hero of the American...
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  • 1906: François-Xavier Raspail 1907: Georges Pruvot 1908: Paul Marchal 1909: Charles Alluaud 1910: François-Henri Coutière 1911: Jean Baptiste François René...
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    terms and Sea Phrases. Portsmouth: J. Wilkes, Breadhower, and Peadle. Chack, Paul (2001). Marins à la Bataille (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Le Gerfaut. ISBN 9782901196921...
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    the regiment were assigned to the French Fleet under Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse during the Battle of the Chesapeake. After the victory at Yorktown...
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