The British squadron consisted of seven ships of the line accompanied by associated frigates , led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren , were tasked Request with hunting Military_operation down and destroying Destroying the French squadron of Contre-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Willaumez , which had departed Departing Brest for raiding Attack operations in the South Atlantic in December 1805 , at the start of the Atlantic campaign Military_operation of 1806 .

The French force consisted of one ship of the line and one frigate , all that remained of Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois ' squadron that had sailed Self_motion for the Indian Ocean in March 1803 during the Peace of Amiens .

As `` London '' engaged Hostile_encounter `` Marengo '' , the French frigate `` Belle Poule '' attempted to escape Escaping from the approaching squadron independently , but was also run Motion down and brought Bringing to battle Hostile_encounter by the British frigate HMS `` Amazon '' .

Both engagements Hostile_encounter lasted Being_in_operation over three hours and were bloody Bodily_harm , the French ships surrendering Surrendering after three and a half hours and losing Earnings_and_losses nearly 70 men between them .

The operation was preceded Process_start by the better known rescue of and French soldiers from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo On 20 May , the Germans had captured Conquering Abbeville at the mouth of the Somme and cut off Hindering the main Allied armies in the north .

French troops were sent Sending into the area , as Général d'armée Maxime Weygand attempted to build Building up a defence in depth on the south bank of the Somme and make Creating bigger attacks to eliminate Destroying the German bridgeheads .

The French and British commanders in the pocket decided Deciding to make Manufacturing for Le Havre and Fortune detached Arkforce , the equivalent of two brigades , to guard Patrolling the routes back to the port .

During the night of the remainder of the Highland Division and the French divisions of IX Corps , prepared GetReady to continue the retreat but found Know that the 7th `` Panzer '' Division ( `` Generalmajor '' Erwin Rommel ) had advanced Cause_to_make_progress from Rouen through Yvetot to Cany and Veulettes-sur-Mer on the Durdent river .

With an Allied withdrawal to Le Havre cut off , the Highlanders and the French retreated Escaping to St Valery-en-Caux , where from and soldiers were rescued Rescuing by the Navy .

The action was one of a series of operations Military_operation conducted Action by the British Royal Navy and the French Navy to contest Competition dominance over the Adriatic between 1807 and 1814 .

During this period the Adriatic was surrounded Surrounding by French territory or French client states and as a result British interference Hindering was highly disruptive Destroying to the movement of French troops and supplies Supply .

During this period the Adriatic was surrounded Surrounding by French territory or French client states and as a result British interference Hindering was highly disruptive Destroying to the movement of French troops and supplies Supply .

During this period the Adriatic was surrounded Surrounding by French territory or French client states and as a result British interference Hindering was highly disruptive Destroying to the movement of French troops and supplies Supply .

The action came over eight months after the British had achieved Achieve a decisive victory over the French at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Lissa and was the first squadron action since that engagement Hostile_encounter .

The action of November 1811 was the result of the British interception of a French military convoy Patrolling traveling Traveling from Corfu to Trieste with a consignment of cannon , and resulted in Causation a British victory , only one French ship escaping Escaping capture by the British force .

The action of November 1811 was the result of the British interception of a French military convoy Patrolling traveling Traveling from Corfu to Trieste with a consignment of cannon , and resulted in Causation a British victory , only one French ship escaping Escaping capture by the British force .

The Action of 7 May 1794 was a minor naval action fought Hostile_encounter between a British ship of the line and a French frigate early in the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Action of 7 May 1794 was a minor naval action fought Hostile_encounter between a British ship of the line and a French frigate early in the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The French Navy sought to disrupt Hindering British trade by intercepting Know and capturing Conquering merchant ships with roving frigates , a strategy countered Response by protecting British convoys with heavier warships , particularly in European waters .

On 5 May 1794 , the British escorts Patrolling of a convoy from Cork sighted Know two French ships approaching Arriving and gave Giving chase Self_motion .

By the evening one of the French ships had successfully escaped Escaping , but the other was still under pursuit Self_motion , Captain Charles Linois of `` Atalante '' attempting Hold a number of tactics to drive Motion off his opponent but without success .

Eventually , after a chase Self_motion lasting nearly two days , the French ship came Self_motion within range of the much larger British 74-gun third rate HMS `` Swiftsure '' and despite a brave defence Defending was soon forced Causation to surrender Surrendering after suffering Bodily_harm more than 40 casualties Bodily_harm .

In the aftermath Catastrophe of the engagement Hostile_encounter , a French battle Hostile_encounter squadron that formed Coming_to_be part of the developing Coming_to_be Atlantic campaign Military_operation of May 1794 pursued Self_motion both ships for the rest of the day ; their quarry eventually escaped Escaping after dark .

The storm strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe and was quickly intensifying Cause_change_of_strength when it struck Attack the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on September 27 .

The dramatic political events in Europe , the French Revolutionary Wars and the conquests by Napoleon deeply influenced Influence events in New Spain .

In 1808 , Charles IV and Ferdinand VII were forced Request to abdicate Change_of_leadership in favor of the French Emperor , who made Manufacturing his elder brother Joseph king of New Spain .

The French Wars of Religion were a prolonged Change_event_time period of war Hostile_encounter and popular unrest Hostile_encounter between Catholics and Huguenots ( Reformed/Calvinist Protestants ) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598 .

Moderates , primarily associated Collaboration with the French Valois monarchy and its advisers , tried to balance the situation and avoid Preventing_or_letting open Openness bloodshed .

The Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 was a series of manoeuvres and naval actions fought Hostile_encounter between warships and privateers of the French Republic and a squadron of vessels sent Sending by the British East India Company to protect Defending trade in the region , later augmented Cause_change_of_strength by Dutch warships .

The campaign developed Coming_to_be as French forces based on Île de France reacted Response more quickly than the British forces in the Indian Ocean to the expansion Expansion of the French Revolutionary Wars on 1 February 1793 .

The campaign developed Coming_to_be as French forces based on Île de France reacted Response more quickly than the British forces in the Indian Ocean to the expansion Expansion of the French Revolutionary Wars on 1 February 1793 .

French privateers rapidly spread Dispersal along the British trade routes in the Far East , becoming concentrated around the narrow Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies .

These ships were soon joined Becoming_a_member by French Navy frigates and began Process_start to inflict losses Earnings_and_losses on shipping in the region .

The arrival Arriving of this British force on 2 January 1794 was initially a success Achieve , the squadron over-running and capturing Conquering two large and well-armed privateers on 22 January , not long after the French vessels had been beaten Bodily_harm off during an attack Attack on the British trading post at Bencoolen .

On 24 January an action against a larger French squadron was fought Hostile_encounter in the Strait itself , but ended Process_end inconclusively and the squadrons divided , the British receiving Receiving the Dutch frigate `` Amazone '' as reinforcements .

The French subsequently turned Motion southwards out of the Strait and attacked Attack Bencoolen again on 9 February , capturing Conquering an East Indiaman in the harbour before returning Arriving to Île de France with their prize .

The village became a backwater until 1916 , when the British and French began the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Somme and was the site of several air operations by the Royal Flying Corps , which attacked Attack German supply dumps in the vicinity .

The combatants Hostile_encounter were a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral Francois Joseph Paul , the Comte de Grasse .

The French were able to achieve Achieve control Control of the sea lanes against the British and provided Supply the Franco-American army with siege Besieging artillery and French reinforcements Cause_change_of_strength .

The French were able to achieve Achieve control Control of the sea lanes against the British and provided Supply the Franco-American army with siege Besieging artillery and French reinforcements Cause_change_of_strength .

Admiral Graves learned Education_teaching that de Grasse had sailed Self_motion from the West Indies for North America and that French Admiral de Barras had also sailed Self_motion from Newport , Rhode Island .

The members of the Grand Alliance , Holy Roman Empire , England , the Netherlands , Pro-Habsburg Spain , Portugal and the Savoy , had allied Collaboration to prevent Preventing_or_letting the unification of the French and Spanish thrones by supporting Supporting the claim Statement of the Habsburg pretender Archduke Charles VI of Austria as Charles III of Spain .

From then , English naval attentions were focused Aiming on mounting a campaign in the Mediterranean to distract the French navy and disrupt French and Bourbon Spanish shipping or capture a port for use Using as a naval base .

From then , English naval attentions were focused Aiming on mounting a campaign in the Mediterranean to distract the French navy and disrupt French and Bourbon Spanish shipping or capture a port for use Using as a naval base .

At the start Process_start of the siege , Gibraltar was garrisoned by around 2,000 Dutch , English , Austrian and pro-Habsburg Spanish troops facing a besieging force of up to 8,000 French , pro-Bourbon Spanish and Irish troops .

The besiegers were undermined Destroying by disputes between the French and Spanish officers and terrible conditions in their trenches and bastions , which led to Causation outbreaks of epidemic disease and undermined morale .

Sea power proved Convincing crucial , as the French navy sought unsuccessfully to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Grand Alliance shipping in fresh troops , ammunition and food .

Three naval battles were fought Hostile_encounter during the siege , two of which were clear defeats for the French and the last of which resulted in Causation the siege being abandoned GiveUp as hopeless after nine months of fruitless shelling .

The outcome was disastrous for the French and Bourbon Spanish side , which was said Telling to have lost Earnings_and_losses 10,000 men against only 400 for the Grand Alliance .

The beginning Process_start of 2013 led Causation the start Process_start of the French intervention in Mali that ousted Change_of_leadership the Islamists from the North 's cities and brought Bringing back Malian authority .