Battle of Cádiz (1640)

Part of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)

Date	July 21, 1640 (Julian calendar)
Location	Bay of Cádiz
Result	Minor tactical French victory

Belligerents

Spanish Empire

France

Commanders and leaders

Jerónimo Gómez de Sandoval

Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé

Strength

10 galleons,
1 patache^[1]

24 galleons,
12 fireships^[1]

Casualties and losses

1 galleon burned,
1 patache sunk^[2]

Unknown

Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)

Les Avins Leuven Tornavento Somme Getaria Fuenterrabía Saint Omer Thionville Salses Cádiz Turin Montjuïc Arras 1st Tarragona 2nd Tarragona Perpignan Honnecourt Barcelona Lerida Cartagena Rocroi 2nd Lleida Orbetello Lens Cambrils 2nd Barcelona Bordeaux Tortuga Arras Valenciennes The Dunes Dunkirk

The Battle of Cádiz (1640) was a naval battle in the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), which took place on July 21, 1640, when a French squadron under Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé attacked a Spanish convoy coming from the Americas.

The attack occurred just in front of the coast of Cádiz.
Armand de Breze employed a hitherto unknown tactic to attack the Spanish convoy from both sides. The Spanish lost a galleon and a small vessel but the convoy completed its journey and delivered most of its cargoes including its silver bullion. French losses are unknown.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Duro 1898, p. 263
↑ Duro 1898, p. 265

References

Duro, Fernandez Cesáreo (1898), Armada española desde la Unión de los Reinos de Castilla y de León (in Spanish) 4, Madrid: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", pp. 263, 265

Battle of Cádiz (1640)

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