Louis-Alexandre Andrault, Comte de Langeron, and Charles-Claude, Marquis de Langeron, Papers 1761-1785

France. Armée

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The Charles Henri, comte d’Estaing Journal Militaire traces the efforts of France to engage the British military in Europe during the American Revolutionary War. After d’Estaing unsuccessfully attempted to defeat the British navy in North America between 1777 and 1780, he turned his attention to allying with Spain for the siege on Gibraltar. The Franco-Spanish forces blockaded Gibraltar from to December 1779 to February 1783, and though they succeeded in taking Minorca on February 5...

Orvilliers, M. le comte d' (Louis Guillouet), 1708-1792

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French naval officer. From the description of Composition de l'armée navale commandée par M. le comte d' Orvilliers : manuscript chart, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452787 ...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Langeron, Louis-Alexandre Andrault, comte de, 1761-1831

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French military officer. From the description of Louis-Alexandre Andrault, comte de Langeron, and Charles-Claude, marquis de Langeron, papers, 1761-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982360 ...

France. Armée

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France. Marine

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Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri-Hector d'Estaing was born in Ravel, France, on November 24, 1729, the son of Charles-François d'Estaing, the Marquis de Salliant, and Marie-Henriette Colbert de Maulevrier. He served as a military officer during the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He spent most of the latter conflict in India, where he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1762, and was governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1764-1766. D'Estaing was promoted to vice admiral i...

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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Count Rochambeau was Commander of the French troops during the American Revolution. From the description of LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13880974 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American revolution. From the guide to the Rochambeau Speech in Willi...

Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786

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English admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Marshall, 1784 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490947 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Sir James ...?, 1782 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490916 ...

Langeron, Charles-Claude, marquis de, 1720-1792

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Charles-Claude, comte puis marquis de Langeron (1720-1792) fut lieutenant-colonel du régiment de Condé en 1743, brigadier en 1748, maréchal de camp en 1758 et lieutenant général en 1762. De 1755 à 1790, il fut gouverneur des ports et châteaux de Brest. Son frère, Alexandre-Claude-Nicolas, comte de Langeron (né en 1732) fut capitaine en 1757, colonel du régiment Royal-Barrois en 1759, colonel du régiment de Foix puis brigadier en 1762, maréchal de camp en 1770 et lieutenant général en 1784. ...