Battle at The Lizard
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The Battle at The Lizard took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin a
19th-century painting of the battle by Théodore Gudin
HMS Devonshire exploding during the battle
The Battle of the Lily and the Glory against the Cumberland (Louis-Philippe Crépin, 1827)
Lizard Point, Cornwall
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Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles southeast of Helston.
Battle at The Lizard
…The Battle at The Lizard (French: Combat du Cap Lézard) took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and a British convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards…
Southernmost part of Lizard Point
View from Lizard Point
Lizard Point seen from near the Youth Hostel
The disused lifeboat slipway, Polpeor Cove