"At least 2 killed, 15 wounded. Alliante captured."@en . "0"^^ . "26"^^ . . . "Captain James Alms"@en . "29"^^ . . . "5"^^ . "right"@en . "the French Revolutionary Wars"@en . . . . . "5"^^ . . . . "Map of the North Sea, the battle identified by the red mark"@en . . "Action of 22 August 1795"@en . "E"@en . . "0"^^ . "A British squadron of four frigates under the command of Captain James Alms was patrolling the entrance to the Skagerrak in August 1795 when three sails were spotted off the Norwegian coast to the north. Closing to investigate, the ships were discovered to be a Batavian squadron of two frigates and a small cutter. In the face of the larger British squadron the Batavian force turned away, sailing southeast along the Norwegian coast with the British approaching from the south in an effort to cut them off from the neutral Danish shore. At 16:15 the leading British ship HMS Stag caught and engaged the rearmost Batavian ship Alliante; the remainder of the British squadron continued pursuit of the Batavian squadron. For an hour Alliante held out against the more powerful Stag and was eventually "@en . "right"@en . "Red_pog.svg"@en . "305"^^ . "off Eiger\u00F8ya, Norway, North Sea"@en . "--08-22"^^ . . . "1795-08-22"^^ . "58"^^ . "British victory"@en . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "6"^^ . "--08-22"^^ . . "N"@en . . . "A British squadron of four frigates under the command of Captain James Alms was patrolling the entrance to the Skagerrak in August 1795 when three sails were spotted off the Norwegian coast to the north. Closing to investigate, the ships were discovered to be a Batavian squadron of two frigates and a small cutter. In the face of the larger British squadron the Batavian force turned away, sailing southeast along the Norwegian coast with the British approaching from the south in an effort to cut them off from the neutral Danish shore. At 16:15 the leading British ship HMS Stag caught and engaged the rearmost Batavian ship Alliante; the remainder of the British squadron continued pursuit of the Batavian squadron. For an hour Alliante held out against the more powerful Stag and was eventually compelled to surrender. The remainder of the Batavian squadron escaped due to a fierce rearguard action by the frigate Argo, reaching the safety of the Danish harbour at Eiger\u00F8ya."@en . . "Action"@en . .