Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) of the Nile. Admiral Sir John Jervis was on his flagship "Victory". The British ships are listed in order from van to rear. Many of the British wounded later died. Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) The Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), as part of the French Revolutionary Wars, where a British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. After the signing of the Treaty of San Ildefonso in
St Vincent Whitshed Erskine Limpopo and Pungwe (1868-1875).” St Vincent Erskine's four journeys are reported in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, London: Following his exploratory journeys St Vincent Erskine worked as a surveyor in Natal, the Transvaal and Cape Province. He settled with his family in Cape Town where he died in 1918. St Vincent Erskine’s "My journal on the Limpopo River" and Alice Erskine’s diary are lodged with the University of Natal. Extracts from Alice Erskine’s diary can be found in “Buchanan Family Records, James Buchanan and his descendants". She reports the family living in Kokstad, East Griqualand in 1878 where