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
Date21 October 1707
Locationnear 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.

  1. ^ a b c Bodart 1908, p. 157.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 398.
  3. ^ Allen p. 103