Rochambeau..King's Park

the Face of Newport was Changed in the Late 1700's..................Because, on July 11, 1780, a French naval squadron under Admiral Chevalier de Ternay delivered General Comte de Rochambeau, his staff, and approximately 5,000 plus, French troops into the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.

In the months that followed, Rochambeau and General Washington planned and directed combined operations, that explored, capturing British-held New York City. Which eventually led to a daring strategic campaign that captured the British General Cornwallis, and his army, at Yorktown, Virginia.