225th anniversary: French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron...
History · Anniversaries · Wed, June 17, 2020
1795: French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.
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- 2026-09-25: added to 2020-06-17