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...
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