Battle of Derna

Name: Battle of Derna
Start: 1805-04-27
End: 1805-06-12

27 Apr 1805 – 12 Jun 1805 · 32.77° N, 22.63° E

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When: 27 Apr 1805 – 12 Jun 1805
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 32.77° N, 22.63° E
Description: 1805 battle of the First Barbary War

Battle of Derna (1805)

Part of the First Barbary War

The Battle of Derna at Derna, Cyrenaica, was a military engagement in April–May 1805 of a mercenary army recruited and led by United States Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Eaton, diplomatic Consul to Tripoli, and U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.

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Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “27 avril et 13 mai, guerre de Tripoli : victoire des États-Unis sur le dey de Tripoli à la bataille de Derna”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Battle of Derna (1805)

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