Napoleonic map. Algeciras Bay, Spain. The First Battle of Algeciras was a naval battle which took place on July 6, 1801, fighting a squadron of British Royal Navy ships against a smaller French Navy squadron. Historical context of the French Revolutionary Wars. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon by Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877). Drawings by Dufour, engravings by Dyonnet. Edited in Paris, 1864.

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