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100 1  Tracy, Nicholas|4aut 
245 10 The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759|h[Elektronisk resurs] /
       |cNicholas Tracy 
264  1 |bPen and Sword,|c2022 
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520    Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the 
       Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as
       Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it 'the Trafalgar of 
       this war [the Seven Years War]'.  Arguably it was even 
       more vital. Britain in 1759 was much less well-defended, 
       with virtually no regular troops at home, and the threat 
       of French invasion was both more realistic and more 
       imminent. When the British fleet under Admiral Hawke fell 
       upon them, the French ships of the line under Admiral 
       Conflans were actually on their way to rendezvous with the
       invasion troopships gathered at the mouth of the Loire. 
       Yet the battle and the admiral remain relatively obscure -
       there is no Quiberon Square or Hawke's column.  The battle
       itself was fought in terrible weather, the French 
       attempting to exploit their local knowledge by heading for
       Quiberon Bay, assuming the British would not follow them 
       among its treacherous shoals in such conditions. Hawke, 
       however, pursued them under full sail and the French ships
       were destroyed, captured, run aground or scattered for the
       loss of only two British ships which ran aground. The 
       invasion was thwarted.  Professor Nicholas Tracy studies 
       the battle and its strategic consequences, particularly 
       upon the war for North America. [Elib] 
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655  4 Historia 
655  4 Samhälle & politik 
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