Battle_of_Cádiz_(1640)

Battle of Cádiz (1640)

Battle of Cádiz (1640)

Naval battle in the Franco-Spanish War

For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Cádiz.

The Battle of Cádiz (1640) was a naval battle in the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), which took place on July 21, 1640, when a French squadron under Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé attacked a Spanish convoy coming from the Americas.

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The attack occurred just in front of the coast of Cádiz. Armand de Breze employed a hitherto unknown tactic to attack the Spanish convoy from both sides. The Spanish lost a galleon and a small vessel but the convoy completed its journey and delivered most of its cargoes including its silver bullion. French losses are unknown.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Duro 1898, p. 263
  2. [2]
    Duro 1898, p. 265

References

  • Duro, Fernandez Cesáreo (1898), Armada española desde la Unión de los Reinos de Castilla y de León (in Spanish), vol. 4, Madrid: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", pp. 263, 265

Further reading

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