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Beachy Head - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | BEACHY HEAD, a promontory on the coast of Sussex, England, S.W. of Eastbourne, about 3 m. |
 | | This naval battle, known to the French as Bevisier (a corruption of Pevensey), was fought on the 30th of June 1690. |
 | | An allied force of 37 British sail of the line, under command of the earl of Torrington (Arthur Herbert), and of 2 2 Dutch under C. Evertsen, was at anchor under the headland, while a French fleet of over 70 sail, commanded by the comte de Tourville, was anchored some miles off to the south-west. |
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