Assault on Cádiz (1797)
The Assault on Cadiz was a part of a protracted naval blockade of the Spanish port of Cadiz by the Royal Navy, which comprised the siege and the shelling of the city as well as an amphibious assault on the port itself from June to July 1797. After the battle of Cape Saint Vincent the British fleet led by Lord Jervis and Sir Horatio Nelson had appeared in the Gulf of Cadiz. During the first days of June the city was bombarded, but causing slight damage to the Spanish batteries, navy and city. Nelson's objective was to force the Spanish admiral Jose Mazarredo to leave the harbour with the Spanish fleet. Mazarredo prepared an intelligent response and the Spaniards began to build gunboats and small ships to protect the entrance of the harbour from the British. By the first days of July, after
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Assault on Cádiz (1797)
The Assault on Cadiz was a part of a protracted naval blockade of the Spanish port of Cadiz by the Royal Navy, which comprised the siege and the shelling of the city as well as an amphibious assault on the port itself from June to July 1797. After the battle of Cape Saint Vincent the British fleet led by Lord Jervis and Sir Horatio Nelson had appeared in the Gulf of Cadiz. During the first days of June the city was bombarded, but causing slight damage to the Spanish batteries, navy and city. Nelson's objective was to force the Spanish admiral Jose Mazarredo to leave the harbour with the Spanish fleet. Mazarredo prepared an intelligent response and the Spaniards began to build gunboats and small ships to protect the entrance of the harbour from the British. By the first days of July, after
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Assaut sur Cadix Guerres de la ...... vis à Evan Nepean, 21 mai 1797
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El bloqueo de Cádiz formó part ...... bloqueo naval duró hasta 1802.
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The Assault on Cadiz was a par ...... e, however, lasted until 1802.
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Нападение на Кадис — часть про ...... я Амьенского мира в 1802 году.
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3 boats sunk
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Kingdom of Spain
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*British assault repelled
*Economic losses for both countries
*Failure of the bombardment of the city
Spanish victory
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Nelson's Blockading Squadron at Cadiz 1797 by T. Buttersworth, oil on canvas.
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Assaut sur Cadix Guerres de la ...... cent à construire des canonniè
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Нападение на Кадис — часть про ...... лжалось до заключения Амьенско
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Assault on Cádiz (1797)
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Assaut sur Cadix (1797)
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Bloqueo de Cádiz
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Нападение на Кадис (1797)
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Assault on Cadiz (1797)
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