Siege of Brimstone Hill
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The French invasion of Saint Kitts also known as the siege of Brimstone Hill, from 19 January–13 February 1782, was a part of the American Revolutionary War. After landing on Saint Kitts, French troop
Painting of the invasion
Brimstone Hill
Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French naval officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the
Siege of Brimstone Hill
…Revolutionary War. After landing on Saint Kitts, French troops under the Marquis de Bouillé stormed and besieged the fortress of Brimstone Hill. The Comte de Grasse, who delivered de Bouillé's troops and supported the siege, was outmanoeuvred and deprived of his anchorage by Admiral Samuel Hood. Even though Hood's…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1843
The Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), painting by V. Zveg from the collections of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Virginia, U.S.
U.S. postage stamp, 1931 issue, honoring Comte de Rochambeau, George Washington, and de Grasse, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the victory at the siege of Yorktown, 1781.
Tomb of de Grasse in the Church of Saint-Roch, Paris