XIV. DE GRASSE AND RODNEY. A. D. 1782.

Sketch of De Grasse; Earliest Exploits; Aids Washington in the

Reduction of Yorktown; Recognition by Congress; Subsequent

Events; Encounters an English Fleet, Under Rodney; De Grasse

Loses Five Line-of Battle Ships; Exultation in England; De Grasse

a Prisoner; Assists in Bringing About a Treaty of Peace Between

the United States and England; Career of Rodney; Receives the

Title of Baron and a Pension. I-187

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