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	Battle of Lagos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The naval Battle of Lagos took place on 19 August 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal.
		The remaining four fled to the north, and into Portuguese waters near Lagos, where two were driven ashore and destroyed, while the Téméraire and Modeste were captured.
		The scheme was finally put to rest in November after the French naval defeat at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lagos (613 words)

	Seven Years' War - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the west, the French were beaten in the Battle of Rheinberg and the Battle of Krefeld by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick.
		In the east, at the Battle of Zorndorf in Prussia, a Prussian army of 35,000 men under Frederick fought to a standstill with a Russian army of 43,000 commanded by Count Fermor.
		The battle was the final battle of the war in North America and forced the French to surrender St. John's to the British under the command of Colonel William Amherst.
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	Battle of Quiberon Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St.
		During 1759, the French had made plans to invade England and Scotland, and had accumulated transports and troops around the Loire estuary.
		The August defeat at the Battle of Lagos made the invasion plans implausible, but Choiseul still contemplated a plan for Scotland, and so the fleet was under orders to escape from the British blockade outside Brest and make its way down to the Loire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Quiberon_Bay (619 words)

	1759 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		August 1 - Battle of Minden - Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French army of the Duc de Broglie, but due to the disobedience of the English cavalry commander Lord George Sackville, the French are able to withdraw unmolested.
		September 10 - Battle of Pondicherry - An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India between the French Admiral d'Aché and the British under George Pocock.
		November 20 - Battle of Quiberon Bay - The English fleet of Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French fleet under Marshal de Conflans near the coast of Brittany.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1759 (749 words)

	Everything about Battle Of Quiberon Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The August defeat at the Battle of Lagos (1759) made the invasion plans implausible, but Choiseul still contemplated a plan for Scotland, and so the fleet was under orders to escape from the British blockade outside Brest and make their way down to the Loire.
		On November 20 1759 he followed the French warships and during a gale he won a sufficient victory in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, when combined with Edward Boscawen's victory at Lagos, to remove the French invasion threat.
		In 1801 she fought in the Battle of Algeciras and was badly damaged.
	friday.en.wikimiki.org /en/Battle+of+Quiberon+Bay (7379 words)

	Royal Navy -
		It was revived by King Athelstan and, at the time of his victory at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, the English navy had a strength of approximately 400 ships.
		During the First World War it fought in several sea battles, Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel, Battle of the Falkland Islands, Battle of Dogger Bank and Dardanelles Campaign, but the Battle of Jutland is the most well known.
		1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel, Battle of the Falkland Islands
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	SYW Chronology 1759
		July 22 1759: Fort Carillon, or Ticonderoga, North America, is abandoned by the French to a superior English force under General Jeffrey Amherst.
		August 23 1759: In western Germany, the Erbprinz defeats a corps of French light troops under Colonel Fischer, capturing 400.
		September 1759: A small Prussian flotilla of four galiots, four galleys, and four barques is totally destroyed by a larger Swedish fleet.
	www.sevenyearswarassociation.com /Reference/SYWChron1759.html (1457 words)

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		The Prussian army defeated the invading Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf.
		The French fleet was destroyed by the British under "Old Dreadnought" Boscawen at the battle of Lagos Bay.
		As French forces withered and an English victory became apparent, Wolfe was shot in the chest, his third wound of the battle.
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	Battle of Lagos Bay, 18 August 1759 (Portugal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		Battle of Lagos Bay, 18 August 1759 (Portugal)
		Naval battle during Seven Years War that helped prevent a planned French invasion of Britain.
		At Dawn on 18 August, Boscowen found the French fleet close inshore in Lagos Bay on the Portuguese coast, hoping to benefit from Portuguese neutrality.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_lagosbay.html (210 words)

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		* August 1 - Battle of Minden - Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French army of the Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie Duc de Broglie, but due to the disobedience of the English cavalry commander Lord George Germain Lord George Sackville, the French are able to withdraw unmolested.
		* September 10 - Naval Battle of Pondicherry - An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India between the French Admiral d'Aché and the British under George Pocock.
		* November 20 - Battle of Quiberon Bay - The English fleet of Edward Hawke Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French fleet under Hubert de Conflans near the coast of Brittany.
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	Everything about HMS Exeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		Launched in 1680, she was involved in the battle of Beachy Head against France in 1690.
		She was involved in repeated actions against the French, in 1702 off Newfoundland, in 1705 when she captured the frigate Thétis, in 1711 in the Mediterranean and at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in 1748 at the Siege of Pondicherry.
		However, HMS Leander, 50 guns, was with Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.
	1793.ia.wikimiki.org /en/HMS+Exeter (10000 words)

	Royal Navy - Dic.blogopt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		This was effective during the Plantagenet years, but like most institutions of the type fell into disarray and disuse.
		For this, large, heavily armed gunboats with shallow draught were employed in coastal areas in the far reaches of the Empire, to mostly assure the local population/ruler of Britain's power, and to also interfere where Britain's interests were at stake.
		The war also underlined the critical importance and power of aircraft carriers and submarines, and exposed the service's late 20th century dependency on chartered merchant vessels.
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	Broadside: Battle of Lagos Bay
		Before the action Boscawen had been forced to lift his blockade of Brest and had fallen back to Gibraltar, taking the precaution of leaving a frigate on watch.
		Boscawen was ashore when he received news of the French fleet, and on returning to his flagship he had the fleet under way within a couple of hours and was in pursuit of the French fleet.
		He subsequently caught and defeated the French off Lagos.
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	> 1759 at abcworld.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		January 11 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
		September 10 - Naval Battle of Pondicherry - An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India between the French Admiral d'AchÃ© and the British under George Pocock.
		November 20 - Battle of Quiberon Bay - The English fleet of Sir Edward Hawke defeats a French fleet under Hubert de Conflans near the coast of Brittany.
	www.abcworld.net /1759.html (606 words)

	Timeline 1750-1770
		Her husband, John, was wounded during the battle and Molly dropped the water pitcher, taking up her husband's job of loading and firing a cannon.
		1759 Jul 23, Russians under Saltikov defeated Prussians at Kay in eastern Germany, and one-fourth of Prussian army of 27,000 was lost.
		1759 Aug 18, The French fleet was destroyed by the British under "Old Dreadnought" Boscawen at the battle of Lagos Bay.
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		******************************************************************* August 18 1759 - The Battle of Lagos** Bay.
		During the night of 17-18 Aug, five of Admiral de la Clue’s 12 ships became separated from the main body when the French formation altered course in an attempt to shake off their pursuers.
		Under the cover of darkness, two French ships escaped to the west and eventually reached Brest while the remaining four fled northward and into Lagos Bay, which was in neutral Portuguese waters.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/18Aug.txt (913 words)

	Everything about Greenland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		It is the site of the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential elections, and has probably the most famous of all state mottos: "Live free or die," quoted from Revolutionary War hero John Stark's response to a letter honoring him for the Battle of Bennington.
		It was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
		It was the first state to declare its independence, and the historic attack on Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) helped supply the cannon and ammunition needed for the Battle of Bunker Hill that took place north of Boston a few months later.
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	HMS St Albans: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The third St Albans was commissioned in 1747, another fourth rate ship of the line she had sixty guns, she served against the French The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
		[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] and The Saintes Thumb500pxthe battle of the saintes, 12 april 1782: surrender of the ville de paris by thomas whitcombe, painted 1783, shows hoods hms barfleur (1768)barfleur, centre, attacking the french...
		Used for escort duties she was transferred to the Russians in July 1944 before being returned in April 1949 when she was scrapped.
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	On this Day In History - August 18
		After invading Denmark and capturing Sweden, Charles XII of Sweden forces Frederick IV of Denmark to sign the Peace of Travendal.
		Prussian forces defeat the French at the Battle of Gravelotte during the Franco-Prussian War.
		Adolph Ochs takes over the New York Times, saying his aim is to give "the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it early, if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other medium."
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	Vale de Boi, Budens, Boca do Rio near Lagos in the West Algarve, Portugal
		Another small old village on the edge of the main Lagos to Sagres road.
		Examples of the mosaics are in Lagos Museum.
		Just offshore between here and Salema, they first excavated the remains of the French Man-of-War 'L'Ocean', commanded by Admiral de La Clue, which sank as she came into shelter under the Almádena fort, escaping from Vice Admiral Boscowen and her defeat at the Battle of Lagos, 18th August, 1759.
	www.valegrifo.com /VBBudensBoca.htm (694 words)

	A Dictionary of British History: Lagos, battle of @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		A Dictionary of British History: Lagos, battle of @ HighBeam Research
		In the summer of 1759 the nucleus of a French invasion fleet under de la Clue left Toulon and slipped past Edward Boscawen's squadron at Gibraltar.
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