What the records say
- When
- 7 Jul 1800
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.06° N, 2.35° E
- Description
- 1800 raid, part of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Naval
- yes
Raid on Dunkirk (1800)
Part of the War of the Second Coalition
The raid on Dunkirk was an attack by a British Royal Navy force on the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk in the English Channel on 7 July 1800 during the War of the Second Coalition. French Navy forces had been blockaded in their harbours during the conflict, and often the only method of attacking them was through fireships or "cutting-out" expeditions, in which boats would carry boarding parties into the har…
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