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For the 1780 encounter, see Battle of Martinique (1780)
Combat de la Martinique, 1779, by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy.
Nassau – St. Lucia – Grenada – Martinique (1779) – Martinique (1780) – Fort Royal – St. Kitts – The Saintes

The Combat de la Martinique was a naval encounter on 18 December 1779 between a British squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker and a French squadron under Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. Lamotte-Picquet's conduct during the battle impressed Hyde Parker sufficiently to make him send a congratulatory letter to his adversary:

“ The conduct of your Excellency in the affair of the 18th of this month fully justifies the reputation which you enjoy among us, and I assure you that I could not witness without envy the skill you showed on that occasion. Our enmity is transient, depending upon our masters; but your merit has stamped upon my heart the greatest admiration for yourself. [1] ”

References

  1. ^ Alfred T. Mahan: Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence (1912), S. 129-130.







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