Battle of the Chesapeake

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Diagram of the Battle of the Chesapeake, Sep. 5, 1781

Highly inaccurate depiction of the Naval Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781

A plaque on the south island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel commemorating the Battle of the Chesapeake.

Combat naval devant la Chesapeake, 3 septembre 1781

Auguste at the Battle of the Chesapeake

NH 73927-KN (color). Battle of the Virginia Capes, 5 September 1781. Oil on canvas by v. Zveg, 1962, depicting the French fleet (at left), commanded by Vice Admiral the Comte de Grasse, engaging the British fleet (at right) under Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. In this tactically inconclusive but strategically decisive battle line action, the French successfully prevented the British fleet from entering Chesapeake Bay and relieving Major General Lord Cornwallis' army at Yorktown, Virginia. After a siege by American and French forces, Cornwallis was forced to surrender on 19 October 1781, an event that led the British to abandon their effort to prevent American independence. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

A Representation of the Sea Fight on the 5th of Sept 1781 between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count De Grasse; engraving; the Political Magazine VI, London, 1784

Old map of the Chesapeake Bay