2-637-109 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Battle of the Saints', c1795, (1924). The Battle of the Saintes was fought in the Caribbean off Dominica between a French fleet commanded by Admiral François-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1723-1788), and the British, commanded by Admiral George Rodney (1718-1792), from 9-12 April 1782. The British won the battle, forcing the French and Spanish to abandon their planned invasion of Jamaica. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]