Battle of Cádiz (1640)
The Battle of Cádiz (1640) was a naval battle in the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), which took place on July 21, 1640, when a French squadron under Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé attacked a Spanish convoy coming from the Americas.
| Battle of Cádiz (1640) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jerónimo Gómez de Sandoval | Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
10 galleons, 1 patache[1] |
24 galleons, 12 fireships[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
1 galleon burned, 1 patache sunk[2] | Unknown | ||||||
The attack occurred just in front of the coast of Cádiz.
Armand de Breze employed a hitherto unknown tactic to attack the Spanish convoy from both sides. The Spanish lost a galleon and a small vessel but the convoy completed its journey and delivered most of its cargoes including its silver bullion. French losses are unknown.
References
- Duro, Fernandez Cesáreo (1898), Armada española desde la Unión de los Reinos de Castilla y de León (in Spanish), 4, Madrid: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", pp. 263, 265
Further reading
- Battle of Cadiz, [The Probert encyclopaedia of Warfare], archived from the original on April 2, 2012, retrieved April 17, 2012
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.