A Naval Biographical Dictionary/General Actions

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LIST OF THE GENERAL ACTIONS, ETC.,

ENUMERATED IN THE ANNEXED RETURN.

1.	Lord Howe’s Actions	28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794.
2.	Vice-Admiral Hotham's Action	14 March, 1795.
3.	Lord Bridport’s Action	23 June, 1795.
4.	Action off Cape St. Vincent	14 February, 1797.
5.	Admiral Duncan’s Action	11 October, 1797.
6.	Battle of the Nile	1 August, 1798.
7.	Battle of Copenhagen	2 April, 1801.
8.	Battle of Algeciras	6 July, 1801.
9.	Battle off Cadiz	12 and 13 July, 1801.
10.	Sir Robert Calder’s Action	22 July, 1805.
11.	Battle of Trafalgar	21 October, 1805.
12.	Sir Richard Strachan’s Action	4 November, 1805.
13.	Sir J. T. Duckworth’s Action	6 February, 1806.
14.	The Dardanells	19 and 27 February, and 3 March, 1807.
15.	Lord Gambier’s Expedition to Copenhagen	August and September, 1807.
16.	Lord Gambier’s Actions	11 and 14 April, 1809.
17.	Sir Edward Pellew, off Toulon	5 November, 1813.
18.	Battle of Algiers	27 August, 1816.
19.	Battle of Navarino	20 October, 1827.
20.	St. Jean d’Acre	3 November, 1840.