Raid on Manila
The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, capital of the Spanish Philippines, capture a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port. Spain had transformed from an ally of Great Britain in the War of the First Coalition into an enemy in 1796. Thus the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat to the China Fleet, an annual convoy of East Indiaman merchant ships from Macau in Qing Dynasty China to Britain, which was of vital economic importance to Britain. So severe was this threat that a major invasion of the Spanish Philippines had been planned from British India during 1797, but had been
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Raid on Manila
The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, capital of the Spanish Philippines, capture a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port. Spain had transformed from an ally of Great Britain in the War of the First Coalition into an enemy in 1796. Thus the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat to the China Fleet, an annual convoy of East Indiaman merchant ships from Macau in Qing Dynasty China to Britain, which was of vital economic importance to Britain. So severe was this threat that a major invasion of the Spanish Philippines had been planned from British India during 1797, but had been
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The Raid on Manila of January ...... nga before returning to Macau.
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None at Manila; 6 killed, 16 wounded and a boat sunk at Zamboanga
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British victory at Manila; Spanish victory at Zamboanga
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Defences of Manila
FrigatesHMS SybilleandHMS Fox
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Map of modern Manila. Approximate site of battle marked in red.
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casualties
None at Manila; 6 killed, 16 wounded and a boat sunk at Zamboanga
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combatant
Spain
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commander
Captain Edward Cooke
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Rear-Admiral Ignacio Maria de Álava
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Raid on Manila
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date
January 1798
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the French Revolutionary Wars
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result
British victory at Manila; Spanish victory at Zamboanga
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Defences of Manila
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Frigates HMS Sybille and HMS Fox
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