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Charles-Auguste Levassor de La Touche-Tréville was a French Navy officer. == Career == Levassor de La Touche-Tréville enlisted in the Navy in 1730, rising to Ensign in 1734 and to Lieutenant in 1748.〔Guérin, ''Les Marins illustres'', p.426〕 On 11 March 1756, La Touche-Tréville commanded the 30-gun frigate ''Zéphir''.〔 She sailed in consort with the 74-gun ''Prudent'', under Chevalier d'Aubigny, and the 34-gun frigate ''Atalante'', under Count du Chaffault. The division met the 74-gun HMS ''Warwick''; in the ensuing chase and Action of 11 March 1756, ''Warwick'' was captured.〔Guérin, ''Les Marins illustres'', p.427〕 On a journey from France to Martinique, La Touche-Tréville, while escorting a tenty-two sail convoy, captured two British merchantmen and a privateer. The convoy and the prizes safely reached Martinique.〔 La Touche-Tréville He was promoted to Captain in 1757.〔 He commanded the 64-gun ''Dragon'' in Conflans' fleet and took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay.〔Guérin, ''Les Marins illustres'', p.428〕 In October 1760, La Touche-Tréville commanded the pram ''Louise'' and harassed the British squadron blockading Île-d'Aix. His nephew Louis-René served aboard.〔 In late 1760, La Touche-Tréville transferred on the 74-gun ''Intrépide''. He proposed and executed himself a plan to free the mouth of Charente River from the British blockade by attacking it with prams. The success of the plan allowed the fleet to sail to Martinique, in a desperate attempt to relieve it, but it arrived after the Invasion of Martinique.〔 La Touche-Tréville was promoted to ''chef d'escadre'' in 1776. In peacetime, he distinguished himself by elaborated training campaigns for the fleet.〔 At the outbreak of the American War of Independence, La Touche-Tréville took command of the 74-gun ''Neptune'' which, in consort with Beausset's 74-gun ''Glorieux'', captured the British privateer ''Hercules''〔Guérin (p.429) writes her name as ''Hercule'', probably translating her name into French.〕〔Guérin, ''Les Marins illustres'', p.429〕 Promoted to ''Lieutenant Général des Armées navales'', La Touche-Tréville was appointed to command the light squadron of the Franco-Spanish fleet in 1779, under Admirals Orvilliers and Córdova. Scouting in front of the combined fleet, his screen captured a British warship〔Guérin (p.429) names her as the 64-gun ''Junon''; as no HMS ''Juno'' or HMS ''Junon'' mounted 64 guns in this period, this is probably a mistake.〕 In 1780, La Touche-Tréville successfully evated detection by British squadrons and landed 6000 men at Rhodes Island.〔 La Touche-Tréville replaced his brother Louis-Charles as commander of the naval forces of Rochefort.〔 He died in 1788. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles-Auguste Levassor de La Touche-Tréville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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