Action of 9 September 1796
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The action of 9 September 1796 was an inconclusive minor naval engagement between small French Navy and British Royal Navy squadrons off northwestern Sumatra, near Banda Aceh, during the French Revolu
Illustration of the battle
Vice-Admiral Pierre César Charles Guillaume, marquis de Sercey was a French Navy officer and politician who served in American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and Haitian R
Action of 9 September 1796
…of two 74-gun ships of the line hastily paired to oppose the eastward advance of the French squadron. The French squadron, commanded by Contre-amiral Pierre César Charles de Sercey, had left its base on Île de France in July and cruised off Ceylon and Tranquebar before sailing eastwards. Its movement had so far been unopposed, as…
Combat des frégates françaises La Nymphe et L'Amphitrite contre le vaisseau anglais L'Argo (11 février 1783), oil on canvas, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert, 1837, Musée de l'Histoire de France.
Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap-Français, 21 juin 1793, painted engraving by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy, 1794, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Le Combat de la Preneuse, Auguste Mayer, Quesnel-Morinière Museum.
Sercey's name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, west pillar, column 40.