Action of 1 January 1800
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action-of-1-january-1800-175-16087655
title:
Action of 1 January 1800
text:
The action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War that took place off the coast of present-day Haiti, near the island of Gonâve in the Bight of Léogâne. The battle was fought between an American convoy of four merchant vessels escorted by the United States naval schooner USS Experiment, and a squadron of eleven armed barges manned by Haitian sailors. A French-aligned Haitian general, André Rigaud, had instructed his forces to attack all foreign shipping within their range of opera
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Naval battle of the Quasi War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_1_January_1800
date created:
2009-06-15T00:38:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:15:07Z
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