The Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf was an engagement fought off the Îles Saint-Marcouf near the Cotentin peninsula on the Normandy coast of France in...
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Îles Saint-Marcouf comprise two small uninhabited islands off the coast of Normandy, France. They lie in the Baie de la Seine region of the English Channel...
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Netherlands: Battle of Camperdown 1797-10-11 Defeat: Batavian Republic: Winter Victory: KD Great Britain: Duncan France: Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf 1798-05-07...
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of the Raz de Sein 21 April - British victory over France Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf 7 May - British victory over France Expedition to Ostend 18...
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HMS Orestes (1781) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
served in the Channel and was one of the ships watching the Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf on 7 May 1798, reduced to a spectator owing to the calm weather...
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Musquito-class floating battery (category Schooners of the Royal Navy)
five lives, including McCarthy. Sandfly participated in the Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf in 1798. She was paid off in 1802 and broken up in 1803....
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John Talbot (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
present at the Saint Marcou Islands for the Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf in 1798, although the lack of wind prevented her from engaging the French attackers...
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by the French colonizers. Under French dominion, Saint Vincent was known as Ile Saint Marcouf. St. Vincent was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris...
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Cotentin Peninsula (redirect from History of the Cotentin Peninsula)
Off the east coast of the peninsula lies the island of Tatihou and the Îles Saint-Marcouf. The oldest stone in France is found in outcroppings on the coast...
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The Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de...
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Highland Fencible Corps (redirect from Regiment of the Isles, or Macdonald Fencibles)
in the battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf, a lopsided victory in which the British repelled a French attempt to retake the islands. In the summer of 1798...
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The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish: Slaget på Reden, meaning "the battle of the roadstead [of Copenhagen Harbour]"), also known as the First Battle...
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USS Corry (DD-463) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
across the English Channel. Upon arriving off the coast of Normandy, France, she headed for Îles Saint-Marcouf, her station for fire support on the front...
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The Battle of Genoa (also known as the Battle of Cape Noli and in French as Bataille de Gênes) was a naval battle fought between French and allied Anglo-Neapolitan...
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The Battle of Camperdown (Dutch: Zeeslag bij Kamperduin) was fought on 11 October 1797 between the British Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam...
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towards the safe anchorage of the Îles d'Hyères, but on 13 July his straggling ships were caught by the British vanguard. In a short battle the British...
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The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands...
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HMS Badger (1794) (category Hoys of the Royal Navy)
fend off two French attacks on the Îles Saint-Marcouf, and participated in the capture of several French vessels. The Navy sold her in 1802. Badger was...
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such as the Battle of Trafalgar. In all, 20,933 medals were awarded, 15,577 with a single clasp. Some discrepancies between the dates of the medals and...
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Baie de Seine (redirect from Bay of the Seine)
little shelter for shipping. At the western end of the bay are the Îles Saint-Marcouf. Le Havre is the major port of the region; there are minor harbours...
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Normandy (category Former provinces of France)
remembered as the founder of Mont Saint-Michel Marcouf and Laud who are important saints in Normandy Helier and Samson of Dol who are evangelizers of the Channel...
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Alexandria 2 Malta 1 The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between Britain's...
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by the sole battery—called the "Mountain", positioned on the height of Saint-Laurent since 19 September. He established another, on the shore of Brégallion...
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Utah Beach (category Battles of World War II involving the United States)
hours before the main invasion force landed, a raiding party of 132 members of 4th Cavalry Regiment swam ashore at 04:30 at Îles Saint-Marcouf, thought to...
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Algeciras campaign (redirect from Battle of Algeciras Bay)
The Algeciras campaign (sometimes known as the Battle or Battles of Algeciras) was an attempt by a French naval squadron from Toulon under Contre-Admiral...
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HMS Sandfly (1794) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
Musquito-class floating battery of the Royal Navy. The two-vessel class was intended to defend the Îles Saint-Marcouf (Marcou) situated off the Normandy coast. During...
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The Battle of Mahé was a minor naval engagement of the last year of the French Revolution, fought on 19 August 1801 in the harbor of Mahé in the Seychelles...
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USS Tide (AM-125) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
guarding the Carentan Estuary to prevent the sally of enemy E-boats. On the morning of 7 June, Tide swept the area inshore and between Îles Saint-Marcouf and...
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Alexey Bogolyubov (category Members of the Imperial Academy of Arts)
Embankment in Veules-les-Roses The Russian Museum The Watermill in Veules-les-Roses Radishchev Art Museum Île Saint-Marcouf near North Normandy Auvers-sur-Oise...
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battle fought between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the action...
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