Vice-Admiral Pierre César Charles Guillaume, marquis de Sercey was a French Navy officer and politician who served in American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and Haitian R
Combat des frégates françaises La Nymphe et L'Amphitrite contre le vaisseau anglais L'Argo (11 février 1783), oil on canvas, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert, 1837, Musée de l'Histoire de France.
Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap-Français, 21 juin 1793, painted engraving by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy, 1794, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Le Combat de la Preneuse, Auguste Mayer, Quesnel-Morinière Museum.
Sercey's name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, west pillar, column 40.
Action of 9 September 1796
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The action of 9 September 1796 was an inconclusive minor naval engagement between small French Navy and British Royal Navy squadrons off northwestern Sumatra, near Banda Aceh, during the French Revolu
Pierre César Charles de Sercey
…on 8 September 1796 he saw two heavily armed British ships of the line, HMS Arrogant and HMS Victorious, at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca. The next day, he ordered his frigates to attack the superior British force, thinking that a confrontation was inevitable. It ended indecisively as after four hours…
Illustration of the battle