Assault on Cádiz
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The assault on Cádiz was a part of a protracted naval blockade of the Spanish port of Cádiz by the Royal Navy, which comprised the siege and the shelling of the city as well as an amphibious assault o
Painting of the British blockade of Cádiz by Thomas Buttersworth
Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch, 3 July 1797 (Richard Westall, 1806)
Federico Gravina
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Captain general of the Navy Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli was a Spanish Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He died of wounds
Assault on Cádiz
…Coast of Cádiz, Spain Result Spanish victory Belligerents Great Britain Spain Commanders and leaders Horatio Nelson John Jervis José de Mazarredo Federico Gravina Casualties and losses 3 armed boats sunk Victory's launch driven ashore 3 armed boats captured The assault on Cádiz was a part of a protracted naval…
Portrait of Gravina
Bust of Gravina at the Naval Museum of Madrid
Gravina (left) and Horatio Nelson (right) in an illustration by Benito Pérez Galdós, 1882
Memorial service in remembrance of Gravina at the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, 1870