Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua
Failed British attack against a fortress in Spanish Nicaragua, as part of the Seven Years' War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua was one of several battles that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War, a subconflict of the Seven Years' War, which lasted from December 1761 until February 1763. The conflict, which took place in July–August 1762, began when William Lyttelton, the British governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica, sent a naval expedition to Nicaragua with the primary objective of capturing the town of Granada.
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Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua | |||||||
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Part of Anglo-Spanish War (1761–1763) | |||||||
Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, site of the battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua | |||||||
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Great Britain | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel William Seethal |
Lieutenant Don Juan de Aguilar y Santa Cruz Rafaela Herrera | ||||||
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2,000 | 100 | ||||||
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unknown (high) | unknown (low) | ||||||
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