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Admiral de Grasse

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French admiral whose fleet arrived on the coast of Virginia on August 30, 1781, thereby surrounding the British (along with Continental forces on land) and leaving them without a means of escape.

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Sir William Howe

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Arrived in New York City in July of 1776 to replace General Thomas Gage as commander of the British forces

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