Action of 3 February 1812
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title:
Action of 3 February 1812
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The action of 3 February 1812 was an unusual minor naval engagement off the western coast of Haiti between a British frigate and a frigate manned by a loose coalition of Haitian rebels. The battle was fought against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and the collapse of government in Haiti in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution eight years earlier. After the French had been expelled from Haiti in 1804, the newly independent nation was first ruled by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was murder
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Minor naval engagement between British frigate and a frigate manned by Haitian rebels
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_3_February_1812
date created:
2009-05-02T11:38:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:32:01Z
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