In a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_18_November_1809" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Action of 18 November 1809">naval action</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frigate">frigates</a> defeat British <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indiamen" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Indiamen">East Indiamen</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>.<sup about="#mwt96" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_18#cite_note-14" id="mwgQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgg">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt93" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFJames1826">James, William (1826). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OpUXwMOYJ-YC" id="mwB7s" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB7w">The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in February 1793 to the Accession of George IV in January 1820. Volume 5</i></a>. London: Harding, Lepard &amp; Co. pp.<span id="mwB70" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>292–295. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./OCLC_(identifier)" id="mwB74" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a><span id="mwB78" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/832501326" id="mwB8A" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">832501326</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt93" class="Z3988" id="mwB8E" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Naval+History+of+Great+Britain%2C+From+the+Declaration+of+War+by+France+in+February+1793+to+the+Accession+of+George+IV+in+January+1820.+Volume+5&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pages=292-295&amp;rft.pub=Harding%2C+Lepard+%26+Co.&amp;rft.date=1826&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F832501326&amp;rft.aulast=James&amp;rft.aufirst=William&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOpUXwMOYJ-YC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANovember+18"></span></span>