Battle of Pulo Aura
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The Battle of Pulo Aura was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large British East India Company convoy intimidated, drove off and chased away a powe
Commodore Dance's celebrated action against a French squadron in the Straits of Malacca on 15th. February 1804 Robert Dodd, 1804
An illustration of the China Fleet during the battle by Francis Sartorius the Younger after a drawing by an officer onboard Henry Addington
Defeat of Adml. Linois by Commodore Dance, Feby. 15th. 1804, William Daniell
1805 portrait of Dance made after his victory
Action of 13 March 1806
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The action of 13 March 1806 was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought when a British and a French squadron met unexpectedly in the mid-Atlantic. Neither force was aware of the presence of
Battle of Pulo Aura
…merchant ships, he suffered a string of defeats and inconclusive engagements against weaker British naval forces. Ironically, Linois was captured at the action of 13 March 1806 by a numerically superior British battle squadron which he had mistaken for a merchant convoy. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the…
Contemporary engraving of the action
1794 portrait of Warren
Illustration of the battle by Nicholas Pocock