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Rodney's Fleet Taking in Prizes after the Moonlight Battle, 16 January 1780. A painting showing a scene after the Moonlight battle 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, durin
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The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, during the War of American Independence, and on his way out he convoyed supplies to the beleaguered
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The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. An unusual representation of the Moonlight battle, during the War of American Independence, 1775-83. Cape St Vincent is on the south coast of Portugal and the site of several important
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The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Oil painting (in temporary slip-type frame)
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