Marquis de Vaudreuil
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 8
- Years
- 1781–1783
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Marquis de Vaudreuil, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Battle of the Saintes
1781–1783Role: French officer who took command of the remaining scattered fleet after de Grasse's capture
- The De Grasse–Saavedra Convention and the Jamaica plan
Allied planners, fresh from Yorktown, ordered de Grasse to undertake the conquest of Jamaica.
- Rewards, criticism, and later losses
Rodney was honoured and created a peer, though criticized for an incomplete victory; prizes were later lost to a hurricane.
- Strategic consequences and the road to peace
The victory helped force abandonment of the Jamaica invasion and contributed to peace terms less disadvantageous for Britain.
- De Grasse sails from Martinique
De Grasse left Martinique on 7 April 1782 with 35 ships of the line and a large convoy, bound for a rendezvous with the Spanish.
- First contact and convoy escort, 9 April
The faster copper-sheathed British fleet caught the French; de Grasse formed his line to cover the convoy's retreat to Guadeloupe.
- Main action in the Saintes Passage, 12 April
Rodney's fleet broke the unformed French line; HMS Marlborough opened the engagement and a large French section turned to protect two threatened ships.
- French defeat and the capture of de Grasse
Four French ships of the line were captured and one destroyed; de Grasse became the first French admiral taken by an enemy.
- Hood's pursuit and the Mona Passage
Sent in pursuit on 17 April, Hood captured two 64-gun ships and two smaller warships on 19 April.
- The De Grasse–Saavedra Convention and the Jamaica plan
Sources
- Battle of the Saintes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22