What the records say
- When
- Dec 1758
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.67° N, 17.40° W
- Description
- 1758 battle
Capture of Gorée
1758 battle
The capture of Gorée occurred in December 1758 when a British naval expedition led by Augustus Keppel against the French island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal during the Seven Years' War. Keppel bombarded the fortress and then landed his marines to take possession. The French commander, Blaise Estoupan de Saint-Jean surrendered the fortress and the island.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Gorée par les Britanniques chassent les Français du Sénégal (fin en 1779)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “захват острова Горе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page