ADMIRAL DE GRASSE, WHO RISKED AND DID MORE EOR THE UNITED STATES THAN 



ANY SINGLE FOREIGNER 



By blockading the James and York rivers and by repulsing the British fleet, thereby pre- 

 venting its coming to the relief of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, this French naval officer 

 became a potent factor in the establishment of the American Republic (see pp. 537 and 541). 



527 



