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Originally Posted by CutlassCollector
Hi midelburgo, interesting link to history time and place!
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The British squadron was made of frigates Arethusa, Nacissus, Amazone, Medusa and the brig Mahon, under commodore Robert Meds.
They first went to Gijon and then to Santoņa. A couple of days later a strong French division arrived and they reembarked. it was October, not July, and the weather was poor.
Carlos Martinez Valverde,
La Marina en la Guerra de Independencia, which I do not own. Possibly Julian Corbett has something on this