Battle of the Malta Convoy
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battle-of-the-malta-convoy-179-347559
title:
Battle of the Malta Convoy
text:
The Battle of the Malta Convoy was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought on 18 February 1800 during the Siege of Malta. The French garrison at the city of Valletta in Malta had been under siege for eighteen months, blockaded on the landward side by a combined force of British, Portuguese. and irregular Maltese forces and from the sea by a Royal Navy squadron under the overall command of Lord Nelson from his base at Palermo on Sicily. In February 1800, the Neapolitan governme
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description:
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars, the Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Malta_Convoy
date created:
2009-11-26T13:20:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T21:45:02Z
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