<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_18_June_1799" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Action of 18 June 1799">Action of 18 June 1799</a>: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Perrée" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Baptiste Perrée">Jean-Baptiste Perrée</a> is captured by the British fleet under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elphinstone,_1st_Viscount_Keith" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith">Lord Keith</a>.