What the records say
- When
- 31 May 1805 – 2 Jun 1805
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.44° N, 61.04° W
- Description
- 1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Diamond Rock
1805 battle of the War of the Third Coalition
The Battle of Diamond Rock took place between 31 May and 2 June 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition, when a Franco-Spanish force dispatched under Captain Julien Cosmao was able to retake Diamond Rock, on the approach to Fort-de-France, from the British forces that had occupied it over a year before.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Diamond Rock – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of Diamond Rock off Martinique in the West Indies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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