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Le Gardeur was promoted to Captain on 24 October 1778. That same year, he was in command of the frigate ''Concorde''. On 21 August, he captured the British frigate HMS ''Minerva''. His younger brother, also a Navy officer serving on ''Concorde'', was killed in the action. The action was celebrated to the point that the Navy Minister commissioned a painting of the battle.
On 18 February 1779, ''Concorde'' encountered a 32-gun British frigate, that she fought for three hours before the ships disengaged. Le Gardeur de Tilly was wounded in the action.
In early 1781, Des Touches gave Le Gardeur command of a division comprising the 64-gun ''Éveillé'', the frigates ''Gentille'' and ''Surveillante'', and the cutter ''Guêpe''. On 19 February 1781, The squadron met a British convoy, and captured the 44-gun HMS ''Romulus'' and 8 transports. They burnt 4 of the transports, sent the others to Yorktown, and took ''Romulus'' in French service.
He took part in the
Rochefort
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, 14 January 1733 — La Salle, near Champagne, Charente-Maritime
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, 1 January 1812) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
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Biography
Le Gardeur de Tilly was the first son born to the family of a Navy captain. He joined the Navy as aGarde-Marine In France, under the Ancien Régime, the Gardes de la Marine (Guards of the Navy), or Gardes-Marine were young gentlemen undergoing training to be naval officers. The training program was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1670 and lasted until Ad ...
on 6 July 1750. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 May 1763.
Le Gardeur was promoted to Captain on 24 October 1778. That same year, he was in command of the frigate ''Concorde''. On 21 August, he captured the British frigate HMS ''Minerva''. His younger brother, also a Navy officer serving on ''Concorde'', was killed in the action. The action was celebrated to the point that the Navy Minister commissioned a painting of the battle.
On 18 February 1779, ''Concorde'' encountered a 32-gun British frigate, that she fought for three hours before the ships disengaged. Le Gardeur de Tilly was wounded in the action.
In early 1781, Des Touches gave Le Gardeur command of a division comprising the 64-gun ''Éveillé'', the frigates ''Gentille'' and ''Surveillante'', and the cutter ''Guêpe''. On 19 February 1781, The squadron met a British convoy, and captured the 44-gun HMS ''Romulus'' and 8 transports. They burnt 4 of the transports, sent the others to Yorktown, and took ''Romulus'' in French service.
He took part in the Battle of Cape Henry
The Battle of Cape Henry was a naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between a British squadron led by Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot and a French fleet under Admiral ...
on 16 March 1781, and in the Battle of the Saintes
The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The Brit ...
on 12 April 1782.
Le Gardeur de Tilly retired in 1792, with the rank of Vice-Admiral.
During the Reign of Terror
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, Le Gardeur de Tilly was imprisoned, but he was freed at the Thermidorian Reaction
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