Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
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The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their respective allies, between 1778
Painting of the Battle of Cuddalore
Vergennes, foreign minister of France, worried that a war over the Bavarian succession would upset his plans against Britain
The French capture of Dominica in 1778
The French capture of Grenada in 1779
Saint-Louis, Senegal
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Saint-Louis or Saint Louis, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres north of Senegal's capital city
Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
…America, Strait of Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, East Indies Result French victory Peace of Paris Territorial changes Great Britain cedes Tobago and Saint-Louis to France Belligerents France Great Britain Commanders and leaders Comte d'Orvilliers Count of Estaing Comte de Grasse Bailli de Suffren Viscount Keppel…
Island of Saint-Louis
Langue de Barbarie
Negresse of quality from the Island of Saint Louis in Senegal, accompanied by her slave, Illustration from Costumes civils de tous les peuples connus, Paris, 1788, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur [fr].
French view of the fort at Saint-Louis island, from "L'Afrique ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des Africains", by René Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve, 1814.