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Events on Tuesday 6 July 1779 1
1779Battle of GrenadaFrench fleet under d'Estaing defeats Admiral ByronAfter the Comte d'Estaing captured Grenada, his French fleet fought a British fleet under Vice Admiral John Byron off the island. Several British ships were badly damaged. The British failed to retake Grenada, and it remained in French hands until the end of the war.