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came in range at 6.30pm. The fleeing ship hoisted Spanish colours and an action began, which lasted until 8.30 pm when the Spanish ship had her mainmast shot away. Having sustained heavy casualties and suffered considerable damage, she
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had a complement of 397 men with 60 men killed or wounded and the rest being captured. Four men were killed on
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when at daybreak a large ship was sighted ahead. Inglis gave chase, a pursuit which lasted all day until
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in and then distributed the prize money before heading to North America by the summer of 1780.
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and fourteen wounded of which five were mortal. Inglis then sailed to Jamaica carrying the
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was a minor naval engagement that took place in the
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Index

American Revolutionary War
Punta Sal
Bay of Honduras
Great Britain
Spain
Spain
Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Inglis
Spain
Juan Antonio Zavelleta
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Battles involving Spain in the American Revolutionary War
English Channel
Plymouth
Gibraltar
Azores
Lisbon
20 November
Cape Finisterre
St. Vincent
Cape St. Maria
25 February
Málaga
1 May
Minorca
Strait of Gibraltar
Cape Spartel
Gulf Coast

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