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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barras, Count Louis de, 1781- (search)
Barras, Count Louis de, 1781- Naval officer; born in Provence, France; was one of the chief officers of the Marquis de Ternay, commander of the French squadron sent to aid the Americans in 1781. He was designated to represent the navy in the conference between Washington and Rochambeau in Wetherfield, Conn., May 23, 1781, but was unable to be present on account of the sudden appearance of the British squadron off Block Island. In September following he effected a junction with the squadron of De Grasse in Chesapeake Bay, and the enlarged French fleet prevented the British fleet from going to the rescue of Lord Cornwallis, and so made certain the surrender of the British at Yorktown. He died about 1800.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Villeraye, Charles Stanislas, Viscount de 1820- (search)
Villeraye, Charles Stanislas, Viscount de 1820- Adventurer; born in Provence, France, presumably about 1820; went to California in 1849; joined Count de Raousset-Boulbon in the Restauroda enterprise established in Mexico in 1852, for the purpose of mining gold in a grant given by the Mexican government. Villeraye was commissioned to equip an expedition in San Francisco, where he was later joined by Raousset. They reached Guaymas in June, 1852, with 270 armed men, but their entrance into the country was prevented by General Blanco. They then marched to Hermosillo, which they attacked, thus arousing the whole country against them, and were compelled to surrender to Blanco. Soon afterwards Villeraye, Raousset, and a few others returned to San Francisco. The trouble was renewed when Raousset forwarded recruits to Algodones, near Guaymas, in 1854. While leading a movement against the latter place on July 13, 1854, Villeraye was killed.