Great Britain · Warfare / American War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The French commander De Grasse, who had been responsible for the victory at Chesapeake is captured and taken back to Britain as a prisoner. Hood takes part in a British fleet under Rodney which defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet which was planning an invasion of Jamaica
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