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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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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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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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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List of horse racing venues (section New York)
Batavia Buffalo Raceway, Hamburg Historic Track, Goshen Monticello Raceway, Sullivan County Saratoga Raceway, Saratoga Springs Tioga Downs, Nichols Vernon Downs...
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monarchy; the comte de Provence (brother of the executed Louis XVI) took the throne as Louis XVIII. Lafayette was received by the new king, but the staunch...
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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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