What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 1638
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.30° N, 2.20° W
- Description
- 1638 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Getaria
1638 naval battle
The Battle of Getaria was fought on 22 August 1638 during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59), at Getaria, in northern Spain. A French naval force commanded by Henri de Sourdis attacked and destroyed a Spanish squadron under Lope de Hoces, who survived but was killed at the Battle of the Downs in 1639.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Guetaria ; victoire navale d’Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis sur les Espagnols dans l’Atlantique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page