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Excerpt from Proceedings at the Dinner to the Rochambeau Special Mission, Given by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at Delmonico's, May 29, 1902 General Comte de Rochambeau had led the army of men, whom the King of France had sent to this country - with money, clothing and munitions of war, and escorted by a powerful żeet. At a. Time when the outlook for American independence was dark indeed. To Rocham beau's sage counsel Washington owed much in the conduct of the ensuing military campaign, and to that veteran French soldier's whole-hearted co-operation and splendid subordination in the Yorktown siege and victory, he owed even more. Nor was Washington chary of his praise of this admirable gentleman and soldier. Congress voted two of the captured British cannon to the French com mander, and they duly reached the Chateau de Rocham beau. The Comte was subsequently created a. Marshal of France by King Louis XVI, but thereafter for a century little public honor was paid, in America at least, to the man or his memory. Great deeds do not sleep forever. Some two years ago a statue of Rochambeau was erected in the town of Ven dome, France, where he was born, on the 1st of July, 1725, and it was a happy thought which inspired the erection of a duplicate of the monument in Washington, at theexpense of the government of the United States. That France duly recognized the honor thus paid to one of her great sons may be judged from the composition of the special mission named by the President of the French Republic, M. Emile Loubet, to be present at the unveiling of the statue. It was headed by General Brugere, com mander in chief of the French army, and Admiral Fournier of the French navy, and in addition to the present Comte and Comtesse de Rochambeau, and Comte Sahun de La fayette, included M. Croiset, Dean of the Faculty of Letters of Paris; M. Lagra've, of the Ministry of Commerce; M. Guillemin, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Comte de Chambrun, a direct descendant of General de Lafayette; General de Chalendar, whose grandfather served under Rochambeau at Yorktown, with a full complement of mili tarv and naval aides of high rank in their respective branches of the service. The French line of battle ship Gaulois, a type of the most powerful warships of the French Navy, was selected to carry the military and naval mem bers of the mission, the civil members electing to cross the Atlantic in the French liner, Touraine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Pełny tytuł: Proceedings at the Dinner to the Rochambeau Special Mission, Given by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at Delmonico's, May 29, 1902 (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 88
• EAN: 9781333462307
• ISBN: 1333462301
• ID: 14202748
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 131 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 5 mm
• Data wydania: 04. September 2016

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