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Napoleonic Wars: Two evenly matched frigates, the French Aréthuse and the British Amelia, battled to a stalemate (depicted) at the Îles de Los off the Guinean coast.
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1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
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Action of 7 February 1813
Naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars
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Îles de Los
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