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Battle of Cape St Vincent by Thomas
Butterworth. On February 14th, Admiral Sir John Jervis,
with 15 naval ships of the line was sailing 25 miles off Cape St Vincent
off the coast of Portugal when he encountered 27 Spanish ships under the
command of Don Jose de Cordoba sailing from Cadiz. Without waiting for
orders Commander Horatio Nelson turned round to lead the attack against
the larger Spanish fleet. After the battle the Spanish had lost 4 ships
and 3,000 prisoners were taken without the loss of any British warship and
only 300 casualties. This naval victory made Sir John Jervis, Earl of St
Vincent and Nelson a Knight of the Bath.
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| The Battle of Cape St
Vincent, 1797 by Thomas Buttersworth
On February 14th, Admiral Sir John Jervis,
with 15 naval ships of the line was sailing 25 miles off Cape St Vincent
off the coast of Portugal when he encountered 27 Spanish ships under the
command of Don Jose de Cordoba sailing from Cadiz. Without waiting for
orders Commander Horatio Nelson turned round to lead the attack against
the larger Spanish fleet. After the battle the Spanish had lost 4 ships
and 3,000 prisoners were taken without the loss of any British warship and
only 300 casualties. This naval victory made Sir John Jervis, Earl of St
Vincent and Nelson a Knight of the Bath.
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