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Battle of Porto Praya

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Due to the unexpected nature of the encounter, neither fleet was prepared to do battle, and in the inconclusive battle the French fleet sustained more damage than the British, though no ships were lost. Johnstone tried to pursue the French, but was forced to call it off in order to repair the damage
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Suffren's squadron reached the Cape of Good Hope on 21 June, with the troop convoys arriving nine days later. After spending a month there for repair and refit, he left 500 men for the defence of the Dutch colony and proceeded on to Ile de France. Johnstone, however, still headed for the Cape and
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in late 1780, when the Dutch refused to stop trading with the French and the Americans. Johnstone was ordered to lead an expedition to capture the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Johnstone got his squadron ready and came out of the harbour in pursuit about three hours later. Suffren adopted an aggressive line, and Johnstone, some of whose ships — especially
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The French gained a strategic victory, because Suffren beat Johnstone to the Cape and reinforced the Dutch garrison before continuing on his journey to the
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passed along the anchored British fleet exchanging broadsides but never anchored herself and passed out of the action, while the
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Suffren, with the advantage of surprise, maintained the action with the two anchored ships for ninety minutes until damage (
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Suffren had been dispatched on a mission to provide military assistance to French and Dutch colonies in
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Suffren's orders were for his line to anchor before the British fleet and open fire. This he did with
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Suffren gathered his fleet together outside the harbour to assess damage and make repairs.
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to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor.
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lost two of three masts) led him to signal a retreat while maintaining fire.
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had got out to sea and the French fired on them. Despite being set on fire,
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lost her third mast on her way out of the harbour, and was slow to follow
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in the confusion, and then a breeze blew her away from the action. The
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also failed to anchor, and only contributed minimally to the action.
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escaped and her crew extinguished the flames. The French captured
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soon came to his aid, and eventually drew most of the fire.
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