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Also Known As Battle of the Virginia Capes • Battle of the Capes
Date September 5, 1781
Location Atlantic Ocean • Chesapeake Bay • United States
Participants France • United Kingdom
Context American Revolution

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Vladimir Zveg: Battle of the Virginia Capes
Lord Charles Cornwallis
Final Southern campaigns of the American Revolution
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Battle of the Chesapeake
John Trumbull: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
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François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse
French naval commander

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