Introduction The Battle of Bloody Marsh took place on 07 July 1742 between Spanish and British forces on St. Simons Island, part of the Province of Georgia, resulting in a victory for the British. Part of the Invasion of Georgia (and the War of Jenkins’ Ear), the battle was for the British fortifications of Fort… Read More
Introduction The 1742 Invasion of Georgia was a military campaign by Spanish forces, based in Florida, which attempted to seize and occupy disputed territory held by the British colony of Georgia. The campaign was part of a larger conflict which became known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Local British forces under the command of… Read More
Introduction The Siege of St. Augustine was a military engagement that took place during June–July 1740. It was a part of the much larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear, between Great Britain and Spain. Background After some mutual minor skirmishes, Governor James Oglethorpe of the colony of Georgia raised a mixed force… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Cartagena de Indias took place during the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins’ Ear between Spain and Britain. The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the war was primarily fought in the Caribbean; the British tried to capture key Spanish ports in the region, including Porto Bello and Chagres in Panama, Havana,… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Porto Bello, or the Battle of Portobello, was a 1739 battle between a British naval force aiming to capture the settlement of Portobelo in Panama, and its Spanish defenders. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the early stages of the war sometimes known as the War… Read More
Events 42 BC – Liberators’ civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army at the Battle of Philippi. Brutus commits suicide. 1086 – Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory. 1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends a… Read More
Introduction The War of Jenkins’ Ear (known as Guerra del Asiento in Spain) was a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1748, mainly in New Granada and among the West Indies of the Caribbean Sea, with major operations largely ended by 1742. Its name, coined by British historian Thomas Carlyle in 1858,… Read More
