Battle at The Lizard

Battle at the Lizard
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Battle at The Lizard, Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin
Date 21 October 1707 Location Off Lizard Point, Atlantic Ocean near 49°57′13″N 5°12′35″W / 49.9535°N 5.2096°W / 49.9535; -5.2096 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
René Duguay-Trouin Claude de Forbin	Richard Edwards
Strength
12 warships	5 warships 130 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
300 killed and wounded[1] No ships lost[2]	800 killed and wounded[1] 1,500 captured[1] 1 warship destroyed 3 warships captured 15 merchant ships captured

The naval Battle of the Lizard (French: Combat du Cap Lézard) took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards.^[3]

Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the most successful French naval commanders and they caused much damage to the allied merchant fleet.