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The French fleet of Comte Paul de Grasse gained control over Chesapeake Bay, blocking Gen Cornwallis from naval support and delivering additional land forces to blockade him on land. The Royal Navy attempted to dispute this control, but Admiral Thomas Graves was defeated in the key Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781. This victory and ensuing blockade soon forced Cornwallis to surrender his army at Yorktown.

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