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ESTAING

The Count d'Estaing was a French naval officer. He was born in 1729 and died in 1794. He commanded the fleet sent in 1778 to aid the colonies against Great Britain, and took Gerard, the first French Envoy to the United States. He planned an attack upon the British fleet in Newport harbour, but the campaign was not successful, and in 1779 with General Lincoln he attempted to take the city of Savannah by assault. He captured a number of British vessels and on his return to France he prevailed upon the Ministry to send 6000 men to America under the Comte de Rochambeau.
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