Caption title. Text in double columns. Official communiqué, possibly written by Comte de Grasse immediately after the siege of Yorktown. In two parts: [1]. account of the Battle of the Chesapeake, September 5, 1781, between the French fleet commanded by Admiral De Grasse and the British under the command of Admiral Thomas Graves. De Grasse's victory prevented the British fleet from rescuing Cornwallis's forces at Yorktown. [2]. "Articles de la capitulation faite entre Son Excellence le général Washington ... et le très-honorable le comte Cornwallis ..." (p. 3-4): full text of the articles of capitulation in French, signed by George Washington and Lord Cornwallis. Probably one of the few issues printed by the French fleet press--Cf. "The French image of America : a chronological and subject bibliography of French books printed before 1816 relating to the British North American colonies and the United States," compiled by Durand Echeverria and Everett C. Wilkie, 1994 (call no.: 016.97 E18 1994)