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<p>76.11.233.95: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Era|AC3}}<br /> {{WP-REAL}}<br /> {{Stub}}<br /> {{Battle<br /> |width =<br /> |prev = [[Battle of West Point]]<br /> |conc =<br /> |next = [[Attack on Fort George]]<br /> |name = Battle of the Chesapeake<br /> |imageBG =<br /> |image = [[File:ACIII-BattleofChesapeake 7.png|300px]]<br /> |conflict = [[American Revolutionary War]]<br /> |date = 5 September 1781<br /> |place = Near [[Chesapeake Bay]], {{Wiki|British America}}<br /> |result = Strategic French victory<br /> |BG2 =<br /> |side1 = *[[Assassins]]<br /> *[[French Navy]]<br /> |side2 = *[[Royal Navy]]<br /> |commanders1 = *[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]<br /> *[[François Joseph Paul de Grasse|Comte de Grasse]]<br /> |commanders2 = *{{Wiki|Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|Sir Thomas Graves}}<br /> *{{Wiki|Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Sir Samuel Hood}}<br /> |forces1 = The ''[[Aquila]]'' plus 24 ships of the line with 1,542 guns<br /> |forces2 = 19 ships of the line with 1,410 guns<br /> |casual1 = 220 killed or wounded&lt;br&gt;2 ships damaged<br /> |casual2 = 90 killed&lt;br&gt;246 wounded&lt;br&gt;5 ships damaged&lt;br&gt;1 ship scuttled}}<br /> The '''Battle of the Chesapeake''', also known as the '''Battle of the Virginia Capes''' or '''Battle of the Capes''', was a naval battle in the [[American Revolutionary War]].<br /> <br /> The battle took place near [[Chesapeake Bay]] on 5 September 1781, and saw the combined forces of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] vessel ''[[Aquila]]'' and the [[French Navy]] under [[François Joseph Paul de Grasse]] fight against a [[Royal Navy|British fleet]] under {{Wiki|Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|Sir Thomas Graves}}. When the Battle of Chesapeake Bay began, General [[Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] requested the ''Aquila'' give support in the battle. The French Admiral de Grasse believed that he would receive a large fleet and experienced captains, but instead he received only the ''Aquila'' and her captain Connor.<br /> <br /> While irritated at the concept, de Grasse gave Connor two [[frigate]]s for assistance, the ''Marsellois'' and the ''Saint Espirit'', and asked them to engage the encroaching fleet. During the battle, the trio of ships sank several gunboats and at least four [[United Kingdom|English]] frigates, before the ''Marsellois'' was destroyed by an English vessel midway through the battle.<br /> <br /> Once all the English frigates had been destroyed, a [[Man O' War]] sailed into the battle and sank the ''Saint Espirit'', before she managed to disable the ''Aquila'''s guns. Due to lacking any other means of attack, Connor decided to destroy the Man O' War by ramming her, getting on board in hand-to-hand combat, and killing her captain. Ultimately proving successful, the battle ended with the French as the victors.<br /> <br /> Often considered the war's most decisive battle, it not only broke the British blockade of the Colonies, but also reversed Cornwallis' plan to trap Washington and Lafayette at Yorktown. His reinforcements never arrived due to the French victory in the Chesapeake, and as such, Washington was victorious at Yorktown, capturing Cornwallis and ending major conflict in the Colonies up until the Treaty of Paris.<br /> <br /> ==Reference== <br /> *''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''<br /> {{AC3}}<br /> {{Timeline}}<br /> [[Category:Battles]]<br /> [[Category:American Revolution]]</div>

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