"1 gunboat captured," . "3gunboats," . "1799-01-19Z"^^ . "2 merchant brigs captured," . "1mistico," . "The Action of 19 January 1799 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, off Punta Europa. A Spanish squadron of 14 gunboats with a mistico as flagship, commanded by Francisco Mourelle de la Rua, attacked a British merchant convoy escorted by several Royal Navy warships, among them a 74-gun ship of the line. The British warships failed to defend the convoy, losing a gunboat sunk and another captured."@en . "4merchant ships," . . "1 gun-brig," . . "3 merchant brigs" . "1 gunboat sunk," . "Spanish victory" . "1third-rate," . . "1 merchant ship captured," . . "14 gunboats" . . . "120 prisoners" . "Action of 19 January 1799"@en .