Battle of Majorca a seaborne attack on the Balearic Islands seem to have surfaced independently in various Republican militia groups in the days following the joining of Ibiza, Formentera, and Majorca to Franco's Nationalist military rebellion. Already, on July 23, bomber squadrons struck Palma and Cabrera, and on August 1, a Republican expeditionary force from Menorca landed at Cabrera and resisted all efforts to dislodge it. These actions, however, and in particular the Majorca landings, were never approved by the Madrid government and had from the very beginning an air of confusion and improvisation. On August 2, Bayo assembled a column of Barcelona
Minorca (1799 ship) with 104 male convicts, of whom two died during the voyage. The fate of three others is unclear. "Minorca" left Port Jackson on 6 February 1802 bound for China. By 28 April 1802 "Minorca" was at Whampoa. For her homeward voyage she reached Macao on 26 May, in company with "True Briton", "Canada", and "Nile". "True Briton" quickly parted from the others, and "Canada" had to put back leaky. "Minorca" was Amboina on 5 August, the Cape on 2 November, and St Helena on 2 November. She arrived at the Downs on 10 February 1803. In 1803 her owners sold