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Cape St Vincent, Battle of

Cape St Vincent, Battle of (14 February 1797) A naval battle off the south-west coast of Portugal in which NELSON and JERVIS defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet of 27 ships. The British were outnumbered almost two to one, but the disorder of the Spanish fleet cancelled out its advantage in numbers. After this victory the British fleet was able to continue its blockade of Cadiz and to re-enter the Mediterranean in pursuit of Napoleon in Egypt.

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	Cape St Vincent, battle of Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Cape St Vincent, battle of, 1797. On 14 February 1797, four months after the start of hostilities with Spain, 15 ships under Sir John Jervis met the Spanish fleet of 27 ships off the south‐western cape of Portugal. Nelson in Captain broke out of the line to prevent the westerly ... Read more
	Sir George Rooke Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the battle of La Hogue (1692) and by good judgment saved part of his convoy from Tourville's attack off Cape St. Vincent (1693). In the War of the Spanish Succession his expedition... Read more
	Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the defeat of a Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent in 1797. In 1798 Nelson virtually destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of Aboukir Bay; he began his notorious...French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805; Nelson was... Read more
	Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...in 1794, and lost his right arm in 1797. Having played a notable part in the victory at Cape St Vincent (1797), he again used unorthodox tactics in the Battle of Abukir Bay in 1798. He was killed at the moment of his greatest victory, when he destroyed... Read more
	Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1st Baron Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...judgements. Present at the ‘Glorious First of June’ battle 1794, and at Cape St Vincent in February 1797, Collingwood ruefully accepted not being within...Collingwood died at sea in March 1810, but was buried close to Nelson in St Paul's. Read more

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