The naval Battle of the Saintes, fought in 1782 near the island and referred to in French histories as the "Bataille de Dominique"
One hundred and twenty years later, the Navy Records Society published the Dispatches and Letters Relating to the Blockading of Brest.
Battle of the Saintes, a sea battle during the American War of Independence
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These were the 110-gun Ville de Paris, the 74-gun ships Glorieux and Hector and the 64-gun Ardent, all captured at the Battle of the Saintes by Sir George Brydges Rodney's fleet, and the 74-gun Caton, captured at the Battle of the Mona Passage by Sir Samuel Hood.
One of Thurel's sons was a corporal and a veteran in the same company; he died at the Battle of the Saintes, a naval battle that occurred on 12 April 1782 off the coast of Dominica, West Indies during the American campaign.
Salmon was the son of Reverend H. Salmon, rector of Swarraton, Hampshire and Emily, the daughter of Admiral Nowell who fought at the Battle of the Saintes and as a commander in the American Revolutionary War.