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233 year anniversary of the Battle of Saintes


Salty Dog.

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Four French ships of the line were captured (including the flagship) as well as one destroyed. The defeat of the French prevented the French and the Spanish from their planned Invasion of Jamaica.  The battle lasted 4 days.

 

The british used a tactic of "Breaking the line" as pictured in the center diagram, 

 

Battle_of_the_Saintes_plan.jpg

 

More info and list of ships,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Saintes

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One can read in de Grasse's memoirs (p. 27) a nice turn of phrase of the 18th cent. French : "Signaling manoeuvres to friendly ships with various flags' is "Talking to others' eyes" ("Parler aux yeux des autres") 🙂

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