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July 2, 1800: HMS Sophie encounters a felucca with its crew killed by plague. MAC: pages 155-156

July 3, 1800: HMS Sophie takes her first prize, the polacre L’Aimable Louise. MAC: pages 162-163 Later, takes a second prize, the sloop Citoyen Durand. MAC: page 167

July 4, 1945: Richard Patrick Russ marries Mary Wicksteed [Tolstoy]. AHE

July 5, 1801: Jack Aubrey witnesses the British attack on the Spanish squadron in Battle of Algeciras Bay. MAC: pages 382-386 AHE

July 6, 1801: Jack Aubrey and crew of HMS Sophie are released as prisoners to Gibraltar. MAC: page 391

July 7, 1810: Invasion to conquer La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. TMC: page 234 AHE

July 9, 1810: La Reunion surrenders. TMC: pages 232-233 AHE

July 12, 1801: Samaurez' battle in the Straits of Gibraltar, watched by Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin who see the gun flashes and explosions from atop the Rock of Gibraltar. MAC: page 403 AHE

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