De Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte
De Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte:
see Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte deGrasse, François Joseph Paul, comte de, 1722–88, French admiral. In 1781, in command of a French fleet sent to cooperate with the Continental forces in the American Revolution, he defeated a British naval force under Admiral Hood and captured Tobago.
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