L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778

Photograph shows the French fleet, under the command of Comte d'Estaing, approaching Newport, Rhode Island in an effort to engage the British fleet, August 8, 1778; shows several British ships burning in the background. Includes legend below the title.

Caption continues: Jour que les Américains passserent sur l'Isle de Rode Island par le chenim d'howland's ferry.
Original wash drawings Available in the Ozanne map collection in the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 282.