Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of François Joseph Paul de Grasse

Battles of François Joseph Paul de Grasse

French admiral (1722-1788)

François Joseph Paul de Grasse is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1781 and 1782: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 5 naval actions across 5 present-day countries, most in Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), United States (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,531 km apart end to end, 1,362 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (6), Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1), Anglo-French War of 1778–1783 (1).

Dutch West Indies campaignInvasion of TobagoSiege of Brimstone HillSiege of YorktownBattle of Fort RoyalBattle of the ChesapeakeBattle of Saint KittsBattle of the SaintesSiege of YorktownBattle of Fort RoyalBattle of the ChesapeakeBattle of Saint KittsBattle of the SaintesMiamiAtlantaHoustonMonterreyCaracas2000 km24.211N, 68.618W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1781: 5 engagements5 in 17811782: 3 engagements17811782
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Yorktown, 1781Dutch West Indies campaign, 1781Battle of Fort Royal, 1781Invasion of Tobago, 1781Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781Battle of Saint Kitts, 1782Siege of Brimstone Hill, 1782Battle of the Saintes, 178217811782
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1781Siege of YorktownYorktown, Virginia, United StatesFranco-American victory
1781Dutch West Indies campaignNetherlands Antilles2,681 km SEStatus quo ante bellum
30 April 1781Battle of Fort RoyalFrance513 km EFrench victory
1781Invasion of TobagoTobago, Saint Lucia383 km SFrench victory
5 September 1781Battle of the Chesapeake3,227 km NWFrench victory
25 January 1782Battle of Saint KittsSaint Kitts and Nevis2,544 km SEBritish victory
12 February 1782Siege of Brimstone HillSaint Kitts and Nevis0 km NFrench victory
9 April 1782Battle of the SaintesDominica185 km SEBritish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.