Capture of Minorca (1798)
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In November 1798 a British expedition captured the island of Menorca from Spain. A large force under General Charles Stuart landed on the island and forced its Spanish garrison to surrender in eight d
c. 1795 painting of Port Mahon with British warships at anchor three years before the invasion
Admiral John Thomas Duckworth, who commanded the British naval forces.
Treaty of Amiens
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The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition. It marked the end of the French Revolutiona
Capture of Minorca (1798)
…with only some bloodshed. The British occupied the island for four years, using it as a major naval base, before handing it back to Spain following the Treaty of Amiens. The island had traditionally belonged to Spain, but was captured in 1708 by the British and was subsequently ceded to Britain by Spain under Article…
The Peace of Amiens by Jules-Claude Ziegler, 1853
Britain's foreign secretary Robert Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury, 1796 portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Joseph Bonaparte, portraited by Luigi Toro
Page of the Treaty with the eight seals and the eight signatures of the signatories