Battle of Nassau

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The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Nassau (The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious assault ⓘ
battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Raid of Nassau ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nassau
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Continental Marines ⓘ
Continental Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
commander Esek Hopkins ⓘ
Montfort Browne ⓘ
Samuel Nicholas ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Bahamas ⓘ
countryAtTime British Empire ⓘ
date 1776-03-03 ⓘ
endDate 1776-03-04 ⓘ
firstMajorNavalOperationOf United States ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Continental Navy cruises in 1776 ⓘ
hasCasusBelli need for gunpowder and military supplies by American revolutionaries ⓘ
hasParticipant British colonial forces ⓘ
Continental Marines ⓘ
Continental Navy ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Sail ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
involves Continental Navy fleet ⓘ
linked to: Continental Navy

landing of marines ⓘ
location Bahamas ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
New Providence Island ⓘ
notableFor first amphibious landing conducted by Continental Marines ⓘ
one of the first major naval operations of the United States ⓘ
objective capture of British military supplies ⓘ
seizure of gunpowder and munitions ⓘ
opponent Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy early skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
startDate 1776-03-03 ⓘ
strategicImportance secured gunpowder for the Continental Army ⓘ
theater Caribbean Sea ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
typeOfAction naval operation ⓘ
seaborne invasion ⓘ
year 1776 ⓘ

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Continental Navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Nassau ⓘ
USS Alfred → tookPartIn → Battle of Nassau ⓘ
Esek Hopkins → notableWork → Bahamas expedition against Nassau in 1776 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nassau
Esek Hopkins → participatedIn → Battle of Nassau ⓘ
Battle of Nassau → alsoKnownAs → Raid of Nassau ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nassau
USS Andrew Doria → tookPartIn → Battle of Nassau ⓘ
USS Fly → participatedIn → Battle of Nassau ⓘ