What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1745
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.18° N, 63.11° W
- Description
- 1745 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Anguilla
1745 naval battle
The Battle of Anguilla was a military engagement that took place on the British controlled Caribbean island of Anguilla on 1 June 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French force landed 760 men and marched inland but were repulsed with heavy losses by the British who then counter-attacked forcing the French to flee causing the loss of 100 casualties as well as fifty captured.
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