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This put French forces on the defensive in the Caribbean although the French captured the Turks and Caicos Islands at the end of the war. In European waters, France and Spain joined forces with the entry of Spain into the war in 1779. An attempted invasion of Britain was a failure due to a variety of factors. A French invasion of Jersey ended ...
The action of 6 October 1779 was a minor but famous and furious naval engagement that took part in the early stages of the war between Britain and France in the American Revolutionary War between the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Quebec and the frigate Surveillante of the French Navy.
The action of 17 August 1779 was a naval battle between a French and a British squadron in the English Channel on 17 August 1779.. In June 1779, Spain followed France declaring war on Britain and together formed a combined fleet aiming for British Isles' invasion.
On 16 June 1779, Spain entered the war on the side of France and as co-belligerents of the revolutionary United Colonies—the British base at Gibraltar was Spain's primary war aim. [19] The vulnerable Gibraltar garrison under George Augustus Eliott was blockaded from June 1779 to February 1783, [ 20 ] initially by the Spanish alone, led by ...
The Armada of 1779 was a combined Franco-Spanish naval enterprise intended to divert British military assets, primarily of the Royal Navy, from other war theatres by invading the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. This action was a part of the wider Anglo-French War (1778–1783).
The Battle of Grenada took place on 6 July 1779 during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy, just off the coast of Grenada. A British fleet led by Admiral John Byron (the grandfather of Lord Byron ) had sailed in an attempt to relieve Grenada, which the French forces of the Comte D ...
1779 War of the Bavarian Succession: Austria Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony: 1778 1783 Anglo-French War (1778–1783) France Great Britain: 1779 1783 Anglo-Spanish War Part of the American Revolutionary War: Spain Great Britain: 1779 1781 First Xhosa War: Dutch Cape Colony: Xhosa tribesmen: 1780 1784 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
1779 was a common year ... June 16 – American Revolutionary War – In support of France, Spain declares war on Britain.