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Location: Cherbourg to Dover
French: 40-60 Dragons (most\\ly Middle Weight) carrying wooden platforms. 1 platform is carried by 4 dragons and holds 2000 men.
English: 23 Dragons (mostly Light Wieght) but also included:
Historical outcome: Temeraire first discovered the use of the Divine Wind and was able to lure the majority of the French forces to within gun rang of the royal navy.
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Location: Aboukir Bay, Egypt, on August 1 and 2, 1798.
French: 17 ships and 14 dragons
English: Thirteen ships of the line, eight British dragons and four loaned by the Turks.
Historical outcome: Lord Horatio Nelson led British forces to a decisive victory, essentially ending Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions to threaten Britain's position in India by conquering Egypt.
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Location: Mouth of the Thames near the town of Shoeburyness sometime between March 7 and March 13
French and English: 200,000 men, 300 dragons and 24 ships-of-the-line
Ships present:
Dragons present:
Historical outcome: Most French dragons and 20,000 troops were killed, all ships sunk but one (on both sides by Lien), Chalcedony killed. Napoleon fled.
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Location: West of Cape Trafalgar in southwest Spainon October 21, 1805.
French:33 ships and 10 dragons (5 of which were Spanish)
English: 27 ships of the line and 12 dragons
Historical outcome: Decisive victory for the English, although a thousand men killed and Nelson was seriously injured.