Capture of Senegal
The Capture of Senegal took place in 1758 during the Seven Years' War with France, as part of a concerted British strategy to weaken the French economy by damaging her international trade. To this end, a succession of small British military expeditions landed in Senegal and captured the French settlements of Saint-Louis and Gorée, seizing French vessels and supplies. By late 1758 the Senegalese coast was entirely in British hands with local administration controlled by the first British Governor of Senegal, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Worge.
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Capture of Senegal
The Capture of Senegal took place in 1758 during the Seven Years' War with France, as part of a concerted British strategy to weaken the French economy by damaging her international trade. To this end, a succession of small British military expeditions landed in Senegal and captured the French settlements of Saint-Louis and Gorée, seizing French vessels and supplies. By late 1758 the Senegalese coast was entirely in British hands with local administration controlled by the first British Governor of Senegal, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Worge.
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La prise de Saint-Louis du Sén ...... pendant la guerre de Sept Ans.
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The Capture of Senegal took pl ...... utenant Colonel Richard Worge.
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British victory.
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5 hired armed vessels
6 Royal Navy vessels
Light artillery
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A map of Senegal by Guillaume Delisle
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April – May 1758
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La prise de Saint-Louis du Sén ...... pendant la guerre de Sept Ans.
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The Capture of Senegal took pl ...... utenant Colonel Richard Worge.
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Capture of Senegal
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Prise de Saint-Louis du Sénégal (1758)
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Capture of Senegal
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