Groton
a town in New London co., a desperate resistance, Colonel The British having captured the fort Conn., on the Thames river and Long Island Sound, opposite New London.
There still may be seen Fort Griswold, memorable for the massacre of an American garrison by the British in 1781. after and was immediately killed with his own Pop. about 2,000. born in Paris, Oct. 23, 1766; entered the ered. A granite monument, to commemorate that event, was erected in 1830. Pop. about 2,000.
Ledyard, the American commander, surrendered to the officer of the detachment, army at 14; threw in lot 1799. army at 14; threw in his lot with the Revolution, and had his first taste of serious work in helping to suppress the Vendean revolt. After being nominated DE (grö-she'), a French military officer; born in Paris, Oct. 23, 1766; entered the Revolution, and had this first with the second to Hoche for the abortive expedi- tion to Ireland, though Grouchy did enter Bantry Bay, he proceeded to join Vendean revolt. After being nominated second to Hoche for the abortive expedihe greatly distinguished himself in Pied- mont, and at Novi was taken prisoner Later he fought with conspicuous galbut subsequently exchanged in 179 but subsequently exchanged in 1799.
Later he fought with conspicuous galof 1812, being appointed during the he greatly distinguished himself in Piedmemorable retreat leader of the bodymont, and at Novi was taken prisoner lantry at Hohenlinden, Eylau, Friedland, Wagram, and in the Russian campaign come Napoleon after his escape from Elba, Grouchy destroyed the Bourbon opguard of Napoleon. After the disastrous battle of Leipsic, Grouchy covered the retreat of the French on the W. side of the Rhine. Among the first to wel- Elba, Grouchy destroyed the Bourbon opposition in the S. of France, and then, hastening N., routed Blücher at Ligny. After the defeat at Waterloo and the second abdication of Napoleon, Grouchy, appointed by the provisional government commander-in-chief of the broken armies of France, led them skillfully back toward the capital; then, resigning, he went to the United States. He returned GROUSE from exile in 1819, and was reinstated as marshal in 1831. He died in St.
Étienne, May 29, 1847.