Battle of Derna (1805)
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The Battle of Derna at Derna, Cyrenaica, was a military engagement in April–May 1805 of a mercenary army recruited and led by United States Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Ea
William Eaton leading the attack on Derna
Presley O'Bannon, on the way to Derna, 1805
Battle of Derna 1805
Lieutenant Eaton's army route to Derna 8 March – 25 April 1805.
First Barbary War
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The First Barbary War, also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the 1801–1815 Barbary Wars, in which the United States fought against Ottoman Tripolitania. Tri
Battle of Derna (1805)
…Libyan Desert from Alexandria, Egypt, to the eastern port city of Derna, which was defended by a much larger force. The Battle of Derna and the broader First Barbary War highlighted the challenges faced by the United States in dealing with piracy and asserting its interests in the Mediterranean during the early years…
USS Enterprise fighting the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli by William Bainbridge Hoff, 1878
Captain William Bainbridge paying tribute to the Dey of Algiers, 1800
Portrait of Yusuf Karamanli
An artist's depiction of the Philadelphia aground off Tripoli, in October 1803