The British sixty-four-gun warship HMS Lion attacks…

July 1745 CE

The British sixty-four-gun warship HMS Lion attacks Stuart's two ships on July 9 one hundred miles (one hundred and sixty kilometers) off Lizard Point, Cornwall, with the Elisabeth nearly sunk and returning to France.

The British officers of the Lion believe that the French ships are bound for North America, so do not inform the government.

The Du Teillay sails on and ...

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Charles Edward Stuart View → George II of Great Britain View → Henry Pelham View → James Francis Edward Stuart View → John Cope View → John Murray View → Prince William, Duke of Cumberland View →

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