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and observation base, as they no longer had enough escorts available to protect an invasion force. The French tried again in 1781, but
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1989:Breen, Kenneth (2008).
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1992:"Wallace, Sir James"
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519:Charles Town
514:Rhode Island
482:Mona Passage
363:Cape Spartel
313:15 June 1780
280:
256:17 June 1778
95:Belligerents
47:
33:Part of the
20:
18:Naval battle
15:
2067:Lee, Sidney
1915:"No. 12153"
1542:by Wallace.
1496:was burned.
1199:Casualties
1060:12-pounders
964:Cancale Bay
652:Cancale Bay
623:Trincomalee
593:Pondicherry
587:East Indies
539:Cape Breton
477:The Saintes
462:Frigate Bay
427:2nd Grenada
422:1st Grenada
390:Porto Praya
358:Île-de-Batz
281:13 May 1779
75:Cancale Bay
65:13 May 1779
52:Thomas Luny
2166:Categories
2009:required.)
1973:References
1538:Mis-named
1341:Commander
1300:Commander
1283:3 wounded
1209:Experiment
1196:Commander
1141:Experiment
1137:Experiment
1133:Lieutenant
1110:Royal Navy
1079:Experiment
1064:Experiment
988:Experiment
980:Experiment
956:Experiment
896:Experiment
829:Bouley Bay
820:Experiment
770:Portsmouth
724:Background
702:Royal Navy
613:Batticaloa
566:Hudson Bay
554:Chesapeake
534:Cape Henry
502:Grand Turk
472:Montserrat
447:Fort Royal
437:Guadeloupe
353:3rd Ushant
348:2nd Ushant
338:2nd Jersey
276:1st Jersey
261:1st Ushant
188:15 wounded
172:1 corvette
170:2 frigates
163:3 frigates
2100:165892922
1550:Citations
1404:Scuttled
1368:Captured
1319:Unknown
1262:John Ford
1114:Commander
1097:Aftermath
1021:howitzers
972:batteries
945:Granville
927:HMS
907:HMS
900:HMS
889:Coutances
811:HMS
672:Coutances
608:Negapatam
603:Providien
396:Caribbean
298:Gibraltar
240:1778–1783
176:2 cutters
174:1 gabarre
2118:(1867).
2059:(1899).
2017:(1899).
1452:6 or 10
1387:Escaped
1260:Captain
1217:Captain
1149:New York
1104:brought
1033:scuttled
934:Richmond
871:corvette
813:Richmond
803:frigates
789:Guernsey
774:squadron
760:and the
730:invasion
711:and the
660:frigates
559:Yorktown
549:Yorktown
544:Cape Ann
524:Savannah
402:Dominica
374:Atlantic
291:Plymouth
186:2 killed
158:Strength
77:, France
70:Location
2069:(ed.).
1540:Recluse
1440:Burned
1292:Fortune
1252:Unicorn
1121:Fortune
941:St Malo
929:Fortune
909:Unicorn
862:gabarre
845:Chausey
807:Captain
796:Admiral
766:flyboat
758:militia
713:gabarre
676:Captain
656:St Malo
654:, near
385:Bermuda
380:Madeira
343:Minorca
165:1 sloop
2150:
2098:
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2003:
1869:15 May
1523:Ecluse
1494:Dieppe
1431:Valeur
1413:Écluse
1395:Dieppe
1315:lugger
1313:Armed
1297:12/14
1277:12/14
1232:Pallas
1160:Ecluse
1145:Torbay
1131:, and
1102:Pallas
1091:purser
1072:pilots
1051:, and
1049:Ecluse
1045:Valeur
1029:Dieppe
1025:prizes
1017:cannon
922:, the
912:, the
902:Pallas
880:cutter
878:, and
875:Valeur
869:, the
866:Écluse
860:, the
742:Jersey
717:Écluse
706:cutter
704:; the
618:Pisang
598:Sadras
452:Tobago
368:Ferrol
167:1 brig
123:France
107:
83:Result
2065:. In
1527:Diane
1515:Guepe
1471:Notes
1448:Guepe
1377:Diane
1354:Danae
1347:Refs
1344:Fate
1338:Guns
1335:Ship
1272:Cabot
1202:Refs
1193:Guns
1190:Ship
1164:Diane
1156:Guepe
1125:Cabot
1106:Danae
1087:Cabot
1068:Danae
1053:Guepe
1041:Fleur
1037:Danae
1009:Danae
1005:'
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992:Danae
984:Diane
924:sloop
919:Cabot
884:Guepe
857:Diane
851:Danae
709:Guepe
698:Danae
689:Danae
333:Brest
2148:ISBN
2096:OCLC
2086:ISBN
1871:2022
1083:hull
1019:and
917:HMS
914:brig
905:and
854:and
818:HMS
646:The
62:Date
2045:doi
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1860:hdl
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