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Attack on the fort of Samboangon

22nd January 1798
Part of : The French Revolutionary Wars (1793 - 1802)
Previous action : Attack on Manilla 1.1.1798
Next action : Marechel de Coburg vs Revanche 25.2.1798

 

Great Britain

 
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Sybille (38) 1794-1833
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Edward CookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1799
Fox (32) 1780-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Pulteney MalcolmBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1835
 

Notes on Action


DescriptionTRN4
On the 22nd, they [Fox and Sibbylle] attacked the Spanish fort of Samboangon in the Philippines, but after a sharp action were repulsed, with the loss of four killed and fifteen wounded. Visiting Pullock Harbour on the 31st, two seamen were killed by the natives and nine carried off. The latter were afterwards restored.

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