<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. "A Bord de la ville de paris en mer." With an autograph note by Rochambeau on the first page. With enclosed list of de Grasse's fleet. 2 pages, folio.</dc:title><dc:creator>Rochambeau family</dc:creator><dc:date>1781 Mar 29</dc:date><dc:language>fre</dc:language><dc:description>A report that the French fleet is under way, and that it will be ready to participate in an offensive against the English armies during the summer. With an accompanying list of the naval forces under his command. Rochambeau's note on the first page states that he received it on the 10th of June when his army was just setting out from Providence.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>