Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

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	Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rochambeau's son, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur was an important figure in the Haitian Revolution.
		Rochambeau Middle School in Southbury, Connecticut is named for the Comte de Rochambeau, as is the Rochambeau Bridge which carries Interstate 84 and U.S. Highway 6 between Southbury and Newtown, Connecticut.
		In 1780, Rochambeau was given the rank of Lieutenant General in command of 5,000 French troops and sent to join the American colonists under George Washington fighting the English in the American Revolutionary War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comte_de_Rochambeau (747 words)

	Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau - Wikipedia
		Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (* 1.
		Sein Sohn war der General Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
		Rochambeau schlug 1742 die militärische Laufbahn ein, nahm mit Auszeichnung an den Feldzügen des österreichischen Erbfolgekriegs, 1756 an der Expedition gegen Menorca und dann als Brigadegeneral der Infanterie am Siebenjährigen Krieg teil.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Donatien_de_Vimeur%2C_comte_de_Rochambeau (250 words)

	Rochambeau and the French in America. I. From Unpublished Documents. I. Jusserand, Jean Jules. 1916. With Americans of Past and Present Days
		Necker, so influential, and who then held the purse-strings, was an Anglophile; so was Prince de Montbarey, minister of war; so was that Duke de Lauzun who put an end for a time to his love-affairs and came to America at the head of his famous legion.
		Rochambeau replied that the latter had been too hard on his subjects, that they were right, therefore, in shaking off the yoke, and we in helping them to secure “that natural liberty which God has conferred on man.”
		This last point was the strangest of all, so strange that even Indians, friends of the French in former days, asked Rochambeau, when they saw him in America, how it was that his King could think fit to help other people against “their own father,” their King.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/238/101.html (1401 words)

	Rochambeau, Comte de Biography / Biography of Rochambeau, Comte de Biography
		The Frenchman Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), commanded the French expeditionary force in the American Revolution.
		The Comte de Rochambeau was born at Vendôme on July 1, 1725.
		Rochambeau spent the winter in Virginia, returned to Rhode Island in the fall of 1782, and went back to France in 1783.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-rochambeau-comte-de (546 words)

	Rochambeau
		The French nobleman, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau was born at Vendôme on 1 July 1726.
		General Rochambeau arrived at Newport in the summer of 1780, a dim period in the Revolution.
		Nevertheless, without Rochambeau and his troops and the French Navy, the last great victory in the American struggle for independence, Yorktown, would not have been possible.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r7/rochambeau.htm (752 words)

	Newport Notables
		Without the assistance, support, and the expertise in military warfare from Rochambeau and his expeditionary forces, it is possible the outcome of the War of Independence could have been vastly different.
		George Washington's week long visit with Rochambeau commencing on March 6, 1781 has become one of the most chronicled events in Newport history.
		A plaque commemorating the existence of this enterprise is on the outside garden wall of the Hunter House.
	www.redwoodlibrary.org /notables/rochambeau.htm (324 words)

	HISTORY: Many events this summer will mark Rochambeau visit
		That voyage is a re-enactment of the one made in 1781 by the army of General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
		In honor of the comte de Rochambeau’s 56th birthday party — which took place in Ridgebury on July 1, 1781— an all-out costume ball will be held in the Lounsbury House on Main Street, with General Rochambeau himself being played by John Beresford Welsh, a Revolutionary War expert famous for portraying the French count.
		Rochambeau’s march 225 years ago led directly to the defeat of British forces in Virginia, he said.
	www.acorn-online.com /news/publish/article_5064.shtml (484 words)

	rochambeau.asp
		When Admiral De Grasse arrived from the West Indies with a powerful fleet and another 3,000 French, Rochambeau and Washington they were quick to take advantage of the opportunity to march south and complete the entrapment of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
		The French Assembly cheered the two heroes of the American Revolution on, giving Lafayette the Army of the Center and Rochambeau the Army of the North.
		After the dismal failure of the Comte D’Estaing and his French troops at Savannah in 1779, King Louis XVI and his ministers decided they needed a professional soldier in America.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/18CFrench/rochambeau.asp (800 words)

	Rochambeau
		On July 10, 1780, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau arrived with a fleet of ships and six thousand men off the coast of Rhode Island.
		Rochambeau and Washington designed an elaborate plan of attack to trap Gen. Cornwallis in Virginia.
		As the British reinforced their blockade on the port, Rochambeau realized that this attack would be very difficult to win.
	members.aol.com /spursfan50/davidallen/rochambo.htm (198 words)

	Peyton Randolph House at Colonial Williamsburg
		Widow Betty Randolph opened her home to French general Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, when he arrived in Williamsburg with General George Washington to prepare for the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
		Among the historic figures that took shelter in the house were General Rochambeau and the Marquis de Lafayette.
		She had the honor that year of lodging Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, when he visited the city on October 20 and 21 during a tour of America.
	www.history.org /almanack/places/hb/hbran.cfm (912 words)

	Rochambeau Collection: Special Collections (Manuscript Reading Room, Library ofCongress)
		The personal papers of Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), commander in chief of the French forces during the American Revolution, were purchased by act of Congress in 1883.
		Papers and revolutionary war maps of comte de Rochambeau
		Of particular note are materials relating to the French branch of the Society of the Cincinnati, which Rochambeau founded in 1784, and correspondence conducted with George Washington chiefly after Rochambeau's return to France in 1783.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/coll/201.html (320 words)

	Cheverny Philippe ROUILLAC [ Vendôme Chevrny Paris]
		Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807) was born in Vendôme and embraces a military career after his elder brother's death.
		But most of all they are among the most important testimony of the battle of Yorktown, the battle that allowed America to become independent, still in private hands.
		Rochambeau himself is sketched in the foreground, extending his arm in a commanding gesture.
	www.rouillac.com /blarenberghe-en.html (520 words)

	Embassy of the United States - Paris, France
		Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte of Rochambeau, Maréchal of France, was sent by King Louis XVI to command the troops that France was sending to help the American colonies.
		In this building, still the Rochambeau residence, the officers of the French army who had served in America, gathered in 1784 to create the French chapter of the Society of Cincinnati.
		There was at that time a plaque in the courtyard indicating the plan of the old hôtel de la Guiche, of which one façade had been rebuilt : the gates were those of the former hôtel.
	paris.usembassy.gov /resources/franceus/milestones6.htm (472 words)

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	JEANBAPTISTEVIMEUR
		Vimeur, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de (Comte de Rochambeau) (1725-1807) French General: Rochambeau was a professional soldier, entering the French Army at the age of 17 and serving with distinction in the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
		The expedition was a success, both diplomatically and militarily, in no small part because of Rochambeau's patience, composure, and dependable competence, and the French troops helped bring about the success of the Yorktown campaign.
		In 1780, he was made a lieutenant-general and placed in command of 5,000 men.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/VimeurJeanBaptiste.html (170 words)

	American Revolution - Jean Baptiste Rochambeau
		The important role played by the French forces under the command of Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, during the American Revolution is represented by this small manuscript atlas consisting of 46 maps recording the camp sites occupied by the French army following the defeat of the British at Yorktown.
		Jean Baptiste Donaben de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, was born in Vendome, south west of Paris, in 1725.
		With the invaluable help of a combined French military force commanded by the Comte de Rochambeau, General George Washington and his Continental Army cornered and forced the surrender of a large British army under the command of Lord Cornwallis.
	www.americanrevolution.com /JeanBaptisteRochambeau.htm (499 words)

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	Rochambeau Article
		Rochambeau counseled Lafayette that it would be tempting to make a military show of force with the superb French forces he had, but that it was more important not to waste any of these limited resources on anything other than an important operation.
		The presence of large French siege guns, which Rochambeau had brought with his expedition, were a devastating surprise to the British.
		Rochambeau was in a position to witness the jealousies among the senior French commanders that help to undermine the French military effectiveness in this war.
	www.xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/rochamb.htm (3789 words)

	October 19
		1781- Major General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the American Revolutionary War.
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	The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
		219 years ago the armies of Generals George Washington and Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau were parading through the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, en route to their rendezvous with destiny with the British army of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.
		The W3R is a project of the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution that will link nine states from Massachusetts to Virginia to commemorate the considerable contribution that Washington and the Continental Army and Rochambeau and his French Expeditionary Corps made for American liberty and independence.
		The route commemorates a Franco-American campaign in 1781 to immobilize General Sir Henry Clinton's army in New York City and lay siege to the main Southern British army under General Charles Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.
	www.yorktownhistory.org /research/w3r.htm (728 words)

	General Rochambeau
		The Many Faces of Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur,
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	About Town
		itionary force commanded by Lieutenant General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
		The route, he determined, came down from Chester, Pa., where Washington met Rochambeau, entering Delaware at Naamans, where the Robinson House, which the troops passed, still stands.
		Of perhaps greater interest, and impact, was the return journey of a contingent of French troops, led by Duc de Lauzun, which established quarters in Wilmington for the winter of 1781-82.
	www.delaforum.com /2002-03/Apr-Jun/ARTICLES/Rochambeau%20Route%20(4-27).htm (943 words)

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	The Rochambeau Map Collection - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		The Rochambeau Map Collection contains cartographic items used by Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), when he was commander in chief of the French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the American Revolution.
		The maps were from Rochambeau's personal collection, cover much of eastern North America, and date from 1717 to 1795.
		Many of the items in this extraordinary group of maps show the importance of cartographic materials in the campaigns of the American Revolution as well as Rochambeau's continuing interest in the new United States.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/collections/rochambeau-maps (177 words)

	NER- W-R site
		French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, sailed into Newport in July of 1780 with an army of 5,300 officers and men.
		A French fleet under the command of Admiral De Grasse blocked the Chesapeake Bay to either reinforcement from New York or sea escape from Yorktown.
		Together they attacked and held under siege the British-fortified town of Yorktown.
	www.nps.gov /boso/w-r (837 words)

	Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.
		"Revolutionize Your Weekend" was a salute to French general Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who helped Gen. George Washington defeat Britain's Lord Cornwallis in 1781 at Yorktown, Va. The Battle of Yorktown all but ended the Revolutionary War.
		Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeauwas a French general who supported the American Revolution.
		Rochambeau and his troopsarrived in Newport, R.I., in July 1780.
	www.norwichbulletin.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051002/NEWS01/510020310/1002 (535 words)

	HOUSE PASSES LARSON’S SECOND BILL
		Fortunately, 5,000 troops from the French expeditionary army landed in Newport, Rhode Island, led by General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, to assist General Washington.
		anniversary of Washington and Rochambeau’s march to Yorktown, which was the decisive battle in the American Revolution.
		The study would identify the route’s relationship to the American Revolutionary War, and how it can best be preserved.
	www.house.gov /larson/pr_001023.htm (509 words)

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