Folder B:1
Container
Call Number: MS P375
Contains 1 Result:
Battle of Barfleur, August 28, 1704
File — Folder: B:1
Scope and Contents
To: "Gentn." Describes the battle off Malaga (August 13, Old Style; Aug 24, New Style). Gives actions, statistics, ship names, and his own feelings.[Admiral Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar on August 9, New Style. The combined English and Dutch fleets tarried, hoping for a French reprisal. Admiral Toulouse brought out the French Mediterranean fleet against them--the only time during the War of the Spanish Succession that the two main battle fleets met. Destruction was...
Dates:
August 28, 1704