What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 1758
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.60° N, 0.98° W
- Description
- 1758 naval battle between Britain and France near the Spanish port during the Seven Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Cartagena (1758)
1758 naval battle of the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Cartagena took place on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena during the Seven Years' War. A British fleet under Henry Osborn, which had blockaded a French fleet in Cartagena, attacked and defeated a French squadron under Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville coming to their assistance.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale britannique au large de Carthagène”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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