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In the battle, Ălvaro de BazĂĄn set his sights on the flagship of the French
Admiral and the French corsair Hallebarde positioned nearby. Seeing that the enemy had the advantage, Ălvaro de BazĂĄn rammed and sunk the Admiral Clamorgan's flagship. Once he had sunk the French Admiral's flagship, Ălvaro de
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where he delivered the infantry units at the end of June. While Ălvaro de BazĂĄn was still in
Flanders, the French finished their naval preparations and sent thirty specially armed ships from the port of Bayonne to attack the Spanish coast. Although the French fleet had been formed by Vice Admiral De
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The French ships were at anchor at Muros on 25 July 1543 when the fleet of the Ălvaro de BazĂĄn attacked. Although Ălvaro de BazĂĄn had only 16 ships, they were large ships and afforded the
Spaniard an advantage over the 25 French ships. Ălvaro de BazĂĄn led his men into battle reminding them that the
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the French fleet captured two
Spanish merchant ships, an error which caused Spanish Governor, Sancho de Leyva to send a warning to Ălvaro de BazĂĄn. At that time, Ălvaro de BazĂĄn was busy attempting to complete fitting out. Upon receiving the warning from Governor Leyva, he asked for and received
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The fighting was fierce, lasting nearly two hours, and at the end, the French were decisively defeated. Of the 25 ships that composed the French invasion fleet, only one escaped. Although the
Spanish suffered 800 casualties, French casualties exceeded 3,000.
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fearing action in these waters ordered Ălvaro de BazĂĄn to proceed to the Bay of Biscay and assemble a fleet to try to prevent a French attack. In the Bay of Biscay Ălvaro de BazĂĄn created a fleet of vessels from
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BazĂĄn turned his attention to the corsair
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and that it would be impossible for the Spanish to lose a battle on that day.
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566:day of the battle was the Festivity of
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425:Ălvaro de BazĂĄn, 1st Marquis of Viso
824:Military history of Galicia (Spain)
728:Victorias por Mar de los Españoles
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819:Naval battles of the Italian Wars
730:(in Spanish). Grafite Ediciones.
417:Jean de Clamorgan, Lord of Soane
814:Naval battles involving France
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809:Naval battles involving Spain
692:Emperor Charles V (1500â1558)
710:Enciclopedia General del Mar
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