What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1800
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.24° N, 16.34° E
- Description
- 1800 naval engagement that took place off the Brazilian coast during the French Revolutionary Wars
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the town its title names, Agosto.
Action of 4 August 1800
1800 action of the War of the Second Coalition
The action of 4 August 1800 took place off the Brazilian coast during the War of the Second Coalition. A French Navy squadron of three frigates under Commodore Jean-François Landolphe which had been raiding British commerce off West Africa approached and attempted to attack a British merchant convoy. The convoy was escorted by the Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Belliqueux.
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