The Battle of the Capes, known to the French Navy as the Battle of the Chesapeake, was a strategically significant naval engagement fought on Sept. 5, 1781.

The Battle of the Chesapeake (Capes) was a strategic disaster for Britain. British strategy had assumed the Royal Navy would maintain a continuity of naval superiority in North America.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — From Tangier Island to the Lynnhaven River, those who have worked for decades to save the Chesapeake Bay are trying to put the brakes on President Trump’s executive ...

He’s a warrior in the battle of the Chesapeake invasives, targeting the northern snakehead in the marshy areas of the Gunpowder River, where it meets the bay in eastern Baltimore County.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake World War II hero whose service included the Battle of Iwo Jima has passed away, family members said. Edward Vincek was a farmer-turned-corporal in the Marines ...