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Battle of Cartagena de Indias. Signature. Admiral Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (3 February 1689 – 7 September 1741) was a Spanish navy officer best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741), where Spanish imperial forces under his command decisively defeated a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon .
Information about the 1741 battle is depicted in the Cartagena de Indias map (Figure 3), presented to Edward Vernon, Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's warships in ...
Notes on Action. The battle of Cartagena pitted a British invasion force of at least 26,400, 12,000 of which were infantry, in numerous ships and veesels against a force of 3,000 Spanish and colonial regulars, an unspecified number of sailors and armed townsmen and 600 Indian archers, perhaps up to 6,000 combatants, fighting from six frigates ...
6 de oct. de 2022 · La bahía de Cartagena de Indias tenía dos accesos: el de Bocagrande, cerrado con cadenas por los españoles, y el de Bocachica, guardado por dos poderosos fuertes, los de San José y San Luis. La armada de Vernon se dirigió a este segundo paso, pero el buque que iba en cabeza, el Shrewsbury , fue cañoneado desde los fuertes y desde cuatro ...
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias was a battle of the Anglo-Spanish War which was fought from 9 to 11 February 1586 when the English admiral Francis Drake and his expedition of 2,300 soldiers and sailors captured, sacked, and occupied the Spanish colony of Cartagena de Indias in present-day Colombia. After King Philip II of Spain declared war on Queen Elizabeth I of England due to her offer of ...
20 de may. de 2023 · Cartagena de Indias, Viceroyalty of New Granada (current Colombia) 10°23′07″N 75°32′19″W / 10.38528°N 75.53861°W / 10.38528; -75 Result
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 te...
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