Chesapeake, off Yorktown. 6:30 PM. The Battle of the Chesapeake is over. The British lose 336 sailors killed or wounded, the French 209. But the real damage is material: six British ships disabled (Shrewsbury, Montagu, Intrepid, Princessa, Terrible, Ajax), and four French ships (Pluton, Diademe, Reflechi, Caton). The French Auguste also suffers terrible damage.



