Note 47 — Front matter (continued 3)

Wraxall's Memoirs, iii. p. 107. Lord Cranstoun told Sir N.W. Wraxall that he 'was sent after the Ville de Paris struck to take possession of her, as well as to receive De Grasse's sword.' In the memoir of Captain Knight of the Barfleur (Naval Chronicle, xi. pp. 428-429) it is stated that 'Captain Knight received and presented to his Admiral the sword of Count de Grasse and those of all the surviving officers of the Ville de Paris, who, with the exception of the Count (he, by desire of Sir Samuel Hood, remaining in his own ship), lodged that night in the captain's cabin of the Barfleur.' Our illustration depicts a third version of the incident.