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#OnThisDay (4 August 1796) The Armée d'Italie led by #Napoleon Bonaparte defeats an Austrian army under Peter Quasdanovich at the Battle of #Lonato in #Italy.
#OnThisDay (11 July 1882) A fleet of Royal Navy warships under the command of Admiral Beauchamp Seymour commence a bombardment of the Egyptian port city of #Alexandria. They would be the opening shots of what would become the Anglo–Egyptian War.
#OnThisDay (1 June 1794) A British fleet under Richard Howe clash with a French fleet under Villaret-Joyeuse in the Atlantic Ocean around 400 nautical miles west of #Ushant. The action becomes known as the Glorious First of June or the Fourth Battle of Ushant.
#OnThisDay (7 February 1813) The British frigate HMS #Amelia and the French frigate #Aréthuse clash near the Îles de Los, off #Guinea in what became known as The Action of 7 February 1813. Both ships sustain heavy damage but the action effectively ends in a stalemate.