Battle of Cabrita Point
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The Battle of Cabrita Point, also known Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succe
1715 lithograph of the battle
14–17 May 1705 edition of the London Gazette detailing Leake's return to England after the battle
Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis was a French Navy officer.
Battle of Cabrita Point
…Marshal de Tessé. Tessé realized that Gibraltar would never be retaken as long as the allies could access it from the sea. He therefore ordered Admiral Pointis to block up the place by sea with his squadron of 18 ships of the line. Some of these ships were Spanish under José Fernández de Santillán. Gibraltar…
Engraved portrait of de Pointis