Battle of Porto Praya
The Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle that took place during the Anglo-French War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone and a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren. Both squadrons were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British convoy and its escorting squadron had anchored at Porto Praya (now Praia) in the Cape Verde Islands to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor.
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Battle of Porto Praya
The Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle that took place during the Anglo-French War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone and a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren. Both squadrons were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British convoy and its escorting squadron had anchored at Porto Praya (now Praia) in the Cape Verde Islands to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor.
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Bitwa pod Porto Praya – starci ...... ły ok. 300 zabitych i rannych.
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La bataille de Porto Praya est ...... la route vers l'île de France.
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La battaglia di Porto Praya fu ...... io verso l'isola di Mauritius.
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The Battle of Porto Praya was ...... Île de France (now Mauritius).
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Сражение у Порто-Прая (англ. B ...... нии на островах Зелёного Мыса.
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ポルト・プラヤの海戦(-かいせん、英:Battle of P ...... そのままイル・ド・フランス(現在のモーリシャス)に向かった。
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147 wounded
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1781-04-16
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Tactical draw; French strategic victory
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5 ships of the line
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Combat de la baie de la Praia ...... 1781, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert
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Bitwa pod Porto Praya – starci ...... ły ok. 300 zabitych i rannych.
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La bataille de Porto Praya est ...... la route vers l'île de France.
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La battaglia di Porto Praya fu ...... ré de Suffren de Saint Tropez.
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The Battle of Porto Praya was ...... d and attacked them at anchor.
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Сражение у Порто-Прая (англ. B ...... нии на островах Зелёного Мыса.
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ポルト・プラヤの海戦(-かいせん、英:Battle of P ...... そのままイル・ド・フランス(現在のモーリシャス)に向かった。
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Bataille de Porto Praya
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Battaglia di Porto Praya
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Battle of Porto Praya
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Bitwa pod Porto Praya
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Сражение у Порто-Прая
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ポルト・プラヤの海戦
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Battle of Porto Praya
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