Attack on the fort of Samboangon | |||||||
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| 22nd January 1798 | |||||||
| British Fleet | |||||||
| Sybille | 38 | Edward Cook | |||||
| Fox | 32 | Pulteney Malcolm | |||||
| Notes on Action | |
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| Description | TRN4 |
| 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. | |
| Sources | |||
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| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| TRN4 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IV | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |