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had the situation well in hand. Arbuthnot returned to his convoy, but his deviation resulted in the convoy not clearing the
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had arrived in time to oppose the landing, dragging with them some field artillery through the sand of the beaches. The defenders were able to prevent the landing, suffering only a few men wounded when a cannon burst.
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1062:. 11 July 1780. p. 4.
884:American Revolutionary War
465:American Revolutionary War
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121:Commanders and leaders
1118:1779 in Great Britain
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912:78th Regiment of Foot
189:Casualties and losses
894:A letter from Major
882:in 1779, during the
1143:Invasions of Jersey
1133:Invasions by France
1084:Henry Redhead Yorke
168:Phillipe Rullecourt
1059:The London Gazette
1026:The London Gazette
959:On 13 May Captain
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21:Invasion of Jersey
1108:Conflicts in 1779
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712:Mona Passage
593:Cape Spartel
543:15 June 1780
486:17 June 1778
413:Cape Spartel
263:17 June 1778
134:Moses Corbet
84:Belligerents
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26:Part of the
1054:"No. 12100"
1021:"No. 11976"
995:Lewis Tower
953:Cancale Bay
853:Trincomalee
823:Pondicherry
817:East Indies
769:Cape Breton
707:The Saintes
692:Frigate Bay
657:2nd Grenada
652:1st Grenada
620:Porto Praya
588:Île-de-Batz
511:13 May 1779
378:Dogger Bank
373:Porto Praya
368:30 May 1781
199:20 captured
55:May 1, 1779
1102:Categories
1005:References
948:Experiment
843:Batticaloa
796:Hudson Bay
784:Chesapeake
764:Cape Henry
732:Grand Turk
702:Montserrat
677:Fort Royal
667:Guadeloupe
583:3rd Ushant
578:2nd Ushant
568:2nd Jersey
506:1st Jersey
491:1st Ushant
398:3rd Ushant
388:2nd Ushant
363:1 May 1781
348:2nd Jersey
278:1st Jersey
268:1st Ushant
1039:Campbell
985:Aftermath
932:HMS
908:grapeshot
838:Negapatam
833:Providien
626:Caribbean
528:Gibraltar
470:1778–1783
408:Gibraltar
237:American
969:, and a
789:Yorktown
779:Yorktown
774:Cape Ann
754:Savannah
632:Dominica
604:Atlantic
521:Plymouth
174:Strength
60:Location
1090:(1817)
1070:Sources
934:Unicorn
900:leagues
615:Bermuda
610:Madeira
573:Minorca
383:Minorca
338:Bermuda
318:Madeira
1041:et al.
979:Jersey
975:cutter
890:Battle
880:Jersey
848:Pisang
828:Sadras
682:Tobago
598:Ferrol
358:Málaga
114:France
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72:Result
65:Jersey
966:Danae
563:Brest
973:and
971:brig
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874:The
52:Date
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