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Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured the British-held Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.
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Napoleonic Wars
1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire (1804–1815) under the Emperor of the French, Napoleon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Diamond Rock
1805 battle of the War of the Third Coalition
The Battle of Diamond Rock took place between 31 May and 2 June 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, when a Franco-Spanish force dispatched under Captain Julien Cosmao was able to retake Diamond Rock, on the approach to Fort-de-France, from the British forces that had occupied it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Diamond Rock
Island in Martinique, France
Diamond Rock is a 175-meter-high (574-foot) basalt island located south of "Grande Anse du Diamant" before arriving from the south at Fort-de-France, the main port of the Caribbean island of Martinique. The uninhabited island is about 2 kilometres from Pointe Diamant and its…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fort-de-France
Largest city in Martinique
Fort-de-France is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)