Raid on Manila
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raid-on-manila-189-5247433
title:
Raid on Manila
text:
The raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, capital of the Spanish Philippines, capture a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port. Spain had transformed from an ally of Great Britain in the War of the First Coalition into an enemy in 1796. Thus, the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Manila
date created:
2015-05-25T23:58:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T07:59:18Z
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