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Unknown Artillerie [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01276 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document Date: October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

French return of ordnance expended during the siege of Yorktown from the Armee de Rochambeau.

[draft]
Army
of Rochambeau Artillery
1781
State of [iron] Flowed Consumed at the
siege of York in 8ber. 1781
Savoie
Cannonballs Bombs Shells
of 24 of 16 of 12 of 12 inches of 8 inches of 8 inches of 6 inches
2528 2766 1084 1457 999 640 573

[French]
[draft]
Armée
de Rochambeau Artillerie
1781
Etat des fers Coulés Consommés au
siége D'York en 8bre. 1781
Savoie
Boulets Bombes Obus
de 24 de 16 de 12 de 12 pouces de 8 pouces de 8 pouces de 6 pouces
2528 2766 1084 1457 999 640 573

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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