Saintes, Battle of the, Guadeloupe, 1782

found: Work cat.: Trew, P. Rodney and the breaking of the line, 2006:p. 153 (The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April, 1782)

found: Britannica(Saintes, Battle of the (April 12, 1782), in the American Revolution, major British naval victory in the West Indies, ending the French threat to British possessions in that area.)

found: Wikipedia, Dec. 1, 2006(The Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April - 12 April 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse; the battle is named after the Saintes (or Saints), a group of islands between Guadeloupe and Dominica in the West Indies)

found: Oxford companion to British history(Saints, battle of the, 1782. This was the last important naval action in the American War of Independence.)