Engagement Off Dominica
by Print Collector
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Engagement Off Dominica
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Print Collector
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Engagement off Dominica' (c1782), from 'Old Naval Prints,' by Charles N Robinson & Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. An attack by Admiral Franþois-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1723-1788) of the French fleet, on the Van Squadron of the British fleet at the Battle of the Saintes on 9 April 1782. The British, commanded by Admiral George Rodney (1718-1792), won the battle, forcing the French and Spanish to abandon their planned invasion of Jamaica. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
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