A French Volunteer of the War of Independence (The Chevalier De Pontgibaud)
The book A French Volunteer of the War of Independence (The Chevalier De Pontgibaud) was written by author Charles-Albert Moré (Comte De) Here you can read free online of A French Volunteer of the War of Independence (The Chevalier De Pontgibaud) book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A French Volunteer of the War of Independence (The Chevalier De Pontgibaud) a good or bad book?
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We drew up an official report of the incident; and the command of the vessel was given to the first officer. Under the direction of the new captain, we made a good passage, and disembarked at the end of ten or twelve days. Our course of action (in deposing the captain) was approved by the authorities at Boston. Such was the end of Captain Landais, the rival of Paul Jones — as far as my knowledge of him is concerned, at all events, for I never heard what became of him afterwards. I hastened to r...ejoin the American army, which three weeks after my arrival, marched for Virginia. This was in 1780. The little army of Comte de OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. 87 Rochambeau was blockaded in Rhode Island, where it had disembarked about the middle of the year. It was powerless to undertake any decisive action until the arrival of the French fleet. It was not tiU 1 7 8 1 , almost a year after the land- ing, that the fleet under Comte de Grasse"^ entered Chesapeake Bay. During this long interval, the American army, to which I belonged, performed no action of historical interest.
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