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  • Siege of St. Augustine (1740)
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  • After some mutual minor skirmishes, Governor James Oglethorpe of the colony of Georgia raised a mixed force of British regulars (the 42nd Regiment of Foot), colonial militia from the Province of Georgia and the Carolinas, and native American Creek and Chickasaw, or Uchees. The campaign began in December 1739, and by January Oglethorpe was raiding Spanish forts west of St. Augustine. In May 1740, Oglethorpe undertook an expedition to capture St. Augustine itself. In support of that objective, Oglethorpe first captured Fort San Diego, Fort Picolotta and Fort Mose, the first free black settlement in America.
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Strength
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • 50
  • 56
  • 750
  • 900
  • 1000
  • 1200
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Date
  • --06-13
Commander
Caption
  • Castillo de San Marcos
Part of
  • the War of Jenkin's Ear
Casualties
  • 1
  • 14
  • 16
  • 56
  • 122
  • unknown
Result
  • Decisive Spanish victory
Place
  • St. Augustine, Spanish Florida
Conflict
  • Siege of St. Augustine
abstract
  • After some mutual minor skirmishes, Governor James Oglethorpe of the colony of Georgia raised a mixed force of British regulars (the 42nd Regiment of Foot), colonial militia from the Province of Georgia and the Carolinas, and native American Creek and Chickasaw, or Uchees. The campaign began in December 1739, and by January Oglethorpe was raiding Spanish forts west of St. Augustine. In May 1740, Oglethorpe undertook an expedition to capture St. Augustine itself. In support of that objective, Oglethorpe first captured Fort San Diego, Fort Picolotta and Fort Mose, the first free black settlement in America.