Action of 5 October 1804
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The action of 5 October 1804 was fought off Cabo de Santa Maria during the Napoleonic Wars. In the engagement, a British squadron under Commodore Graham Moore attacked a Spanish squadron led by Brigad
The action of 5 October 1804 Francis Sartorius, 1807
Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes blowing up at the action
Charles IV of Spain, who declared war on Britain following the action
Hornblower and the Hotspur
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Hornblower and the Hotspur is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester.
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