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Battle of Leghorn, a Common card
The naval Battle of Leghorn took place on 4 March 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn, Italy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 24
- Power
- 74
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 3,500
Power 74 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Battle of Leghorn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Battle of Leghorn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was a ______ of a Dutch squadron under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton.
Answer
victory. It was a victory of a Dutch squadron under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton. From the Battle of Leghorn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The naval Battle of Leghorn took place on 4 March ____, during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn, Italy.
Answer
1650s. The naval Battle of Leghorn took place on 4 March 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn, Italy. From the Battle of Leghorn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battle of Leghorn. Battle of Leghorn 50 · Arctogadus 47 · Kitihawa Point du Sable 44 · Kutlug Timur Minaret 41 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was a victory of a Dutch squadron under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton.
- Afterwards, another English squadron under Captain Richard Badiley, which Appleton had been trying to join up with, reached the scene in time to observe the capture of the last ships of Appleton's squadron, but was outnumbered and forced to return to Porto Longone.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Leghorn article was read about 3,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 24: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Battle of Leghorn
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Leghorn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Reinier Nooms, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
