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On that evening, says Closen,
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of the American commander, who promised
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Rochambeau, carrying with him two bronze field-pieces taken at Yorktown, presented by Congress, and adorned with inscriptions, the engraving of which had been supervised by Washington,[65] sailed for France on the _Emeraude_, early in January, 1783. An English warship which had been cruising at the entrance of the Chesapeake nearly captured him, and it was only by throwing overboard her spare masts and part of her artillery that the _Emeraude_, thus become lighter and faster, could escape. The general learned, on landing, of the peace which Vergennes had considered, from the first, as a certain, though not immediate, consequence of the taking of Yorktown.
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The homages of all Frenchmen go to you, he had written to Rochambeau, adding:
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You have restored to our arms all their lustre, and you have laid the cornerstone for the raising, which we expect, of an honorable peace.