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Battle of St George's Caye
The Battle of St George's Caye was a series of engagements on 3–10 September 1798 off the coast of Belize, in which British settlers, freed and enslaved people and the sloop HMS Merlin repelled a Spanish flotilla from Yucatán. The victory secured the British settlement, and 10 September is a national holiday in Belize.
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