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📌 Naval battle on 23 September 1779 between a combined Franco-American squadron, led by Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones, and two British escort vessels protecting a large merchant convoy; one of the most celebrated naval actions of the war in America, despite its relatively small size and a dispute over what had actually occurred.

• 25 September 1779: The Rev. William Whytehead writes from Hornsea to his cousin four miles away with news of the Battle of Flamborough Head

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