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Battle of Cape Spartel
The Battle of Cape Spartel was an indecisive naval battle between a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de CĂłrdova y CĂłrdova and a British fleet under Admiral Howe. The fleets met on October 20, 1782 during a successful British campaign to maintain supply routes to Gibraltar, then under siege by the Bourbon armies as part of the American Revolutionary War.
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