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1806 Feb 6
Battle of San Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican RepubSquadrons of French and British ships of the line fought off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo in the Caribbean.
All five of the French ships of the line commanded by Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues were captured or destroyed. The Royal Navy led by Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth lost no ships and suffered fewer than a hundred killed while the French lost approximately 1,500 men. Only a small number of the French squadron were able to escape.
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