French West Indies fleet
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The French West Indies fleet was the French naval force under Admiral de Grasse that sailed from the Caribbean to North America and played a decisive role in securing American independence by defeating the British at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781.
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British Army under Cornwallis
("French Navy under François Joseph Paul de Grasse")
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Battle of the Chesapeake
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