François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He is...
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General John Sullivan with six regiments to the north to bolster the faltering Quebec campaign. General Howe, rather than moving against New York, withdrew...
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Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,293 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of New York City. Hartsdale, a CDP/hamlet/post-office...
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Siege of Yorktown (redirect from Siège de Yorktown)
of the Comte de Grasse, disagreements arose between Washington and Rochambeau on whether to ask de Grasse for assistance in besieging New York or in military...
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Tenor (section Gilbert and Sullivan and operetta)
by Jury (Gilbert and Sullivan) Alexis, The Sorcerer (Gilbert and Sullivan) Ralph Rackstraw H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Frederic, The Pirates...
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Phillipe August, Comte de", in Sullivan, Jack, (ed.) The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. p.442. Viking, New York. 1986. ISBN 0-670-80902-0...
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Monica Yunus (category Singers from New Jersey)
Muhammad Yunus. About her singing quality reviewers from US dailies, The New York Times, the Charleston City Paper and the Palm Beach Daily News have described...
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wrote to Sullivan on the matter and reinforced the need for a successful operation. D'Estaing sailed from his position outside the New York harbor on...
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American force. On 24 August, Sullivan was alerted by General George Washington that Clinton was assembling a relief force in New York. That evening his council...
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independence for the Thirteen Colonies. Admiral de Grasse had the option to attack British forces in either New York or Virginia; he opted for Virginia, arriving...
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