Battle of Cádiz (1640)

Battle of Cádiz (1640)
	Part of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
Date	July 21, 1640 (Julian calendar)
Location	Bay of Cádiz
Result	Minor tactical French victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Jerónimo Gómez de Sandoval	Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
Strength
10 galleons,; 1 patache	24 galleons,; 12 fireships
Casualties and losses
1 galleon burned,; 1 patache sunk	Unknown

The Battle of Cádiz (1640) was a naval battle in the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), which took place on July 21, 1640, when a French squadron under Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé attacked a Spanish convoy coming from the Americas. The attack occurred just in front of the coast of Cádiz.
Armand de Breze employed a hitherto unknown tactic to attack the Spanish convoy from both sides. The Spanish lost a galleon and a small vessel but the convoy completed its journey and delivered most of its cargoes including its silver bullion. French losses are unknown.

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Duro 1898, p. 263
↑ Duro 1898, p. 265

References[]

(Spanish)Duro, Fernandez Cesáreo (1898). "Armada española desde la Unión de los Reinos de Castilla y de León". Madrid: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra". pp. 263, 265. http://archive.org/stream/armadaespaolade03durogoog#page/n9/mode/2up.

Further reading[]

"Battle of Cadiz". The Probert encyclopaedia of Warfare. http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/F_BATTLE_OF_CADIZ.HTM. Retrieved April 2012.

Coordinates: 36°29′39″N 6°13′1″W / 36.49417°N 6.21694°W / 36.49417; -6.21694

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[Strenght-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Duro 1898, p. 263

[Loss-2] Duro 1898, p. 265

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