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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04323.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1781 |
| Title | Signaux de Reconnoissance pour servir a tous les vaisseux du Roi, dans les rencontres a la mer, & en se presentant devant les ports appartenans a la France, en Europe & dans les Colonies, pendant l'annee [in French] |
| Date | 1781 |
| Author | Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de (1727-1801) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | French signal book of the Yorktown campaign. Lists the signals used for recognition by French naval vessels. Ten different sets of signals. Different signals used for night and day, for European and Colonial waters, and for contacting land and other ships. Flags used during the day, lanterns at night. Also includes list of preparatory signals, made by firing canons, to precede messages. Last paragraph orders that signal book be seen only by the captain, never copied, kept under lock and key in a lead box, be thrown overboard if the ship is in danger of being captured, and be turned in when not at sea. Signed "Castries" by Charles Eugene Gabriel de La Croix Marquis de Castries. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War France Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Codes and Signals Military History |
| People | Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de (1727-1801) |
| Place written | France |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Charles Eugene Gabriel de La Croix Marquis de Castries was the French Minister of the Navy, and later became the Marshal of France. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |