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| |prev = [[Battle of West Point]]
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| |name = Battle of the Chesapeake
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| |image = ACIII-BattleofChesapeake 7.png
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| |conflict = [[American Revolutionary War]]
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| |date = 5 September 1781
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| |end = 5 September 1781
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| |place = Near [[Chesapeake Bay]], [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], {{Wiki|British America}}
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| |result = Decisive French victory
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| |side1 = *[[French Navy]]
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| *[[Assassins]]
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| |side2 = *[[Royal Navy]]
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| |commanders1 = *[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]
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| *[[François-Joseph Paul de Grasse|Comte de Grasse]]
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| |commanders2 = *{{Wiki|Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|Sir Thomas Graves}}
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| *{{Wiki|Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Sir Samuel Hood}}
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| |forces1 = The ''[[Aquila]]'' plus 24 ships of the line with 1,542 guns including the 104 gun Man O' War, Ville de Paris
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| |forces2 = 19 ships of the line with 1,410 guns
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| |casual1 = 220 killed or wounded<br>2 ships sunk
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| |casual2 = 90 killed<br>246 wounded<br>5 ships damaged<br>1 ship scuttled}}
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| 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]].
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| The battle took place near [[Chesapeake Bay]] on 5 September 1781, and saw the combined forces of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ships|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 [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de 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|captains]], but instead he received only the ''Aquila'' and her captain [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]].
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| While irritated at the concept, de Grasse gave Connor two [[frigate]]s for assistance, the ''Marsellois'' and the ''Saint-Esprit'', and asked them to engage the encroaching fleet while he and the main armada of [[France|French]] ships led by the Man O' War, ''Ville de Paris'', attacked the bulk of the [[United Kingdom|British]] force. During the battle, the trio of ships sank several gunboats and at least four [[England|English]] frigates, before the ''Marsellois'' was destroyed by an English vessel midway through the battle.
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| Once all the English frigates had been destroyed, [[Man O' War|HMS ''Barfleur'']] 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 HMS ''Barfleur'' 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.
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| 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.
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| The Battle also acted as a huge bolster to French naval pride, leading to a brief string of decisive French naval victories during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].
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| ==Reference==
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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