Battle of Lagos

When

19 Aug 1759

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.10° N, 8.67° W

Description

1759 battle

Naval

yes

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1759 battle of the Seven Years' War

The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. They fought south west of the Gulf of Cádiz on 18 August and to the east of the small Portuguese port of Lagos, after which the battle is named, on 19 August.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Lagos: The British fleet of Edward Boscawen defeats a French force under Commodore Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran off the Portuguese coast”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die französische Mittelmeerflotte wird durch den britischen Sieg in der Seeschlacht bei Lagos nahezu vollkommen vernichtet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Choiseul ordonne une concentration des forces sur mer pour débarquer en Écosse et dans l’estuaire de la Tamise”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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