Action of 12 October 1798

This battle took place on 12 October 1798 near western Ireland, after a British force intercepted and attacked a French force which was trying to land troops in Ireland. The French force of the ship-of-the-line ''Hoche'', eight frigate and a schooner had left Brest under Jean-Baptiste-Franᅢᄃois Bompart on 16 September 1798. On 17 September it was spotted and tailed by British frigates. Over the next week or 2, Bompart sailed west to try to give... more

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