What the records say
- When
- 2 Mar 1743
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.60° N, 66.93° W
- Description
- 1743 battle
Battle of La Guaira
1743 battle of the War of Jenkins' Ear
The Battle of La Guaira took place between 2–5 March 1743 in the Caribbean, off the coast of La Guaira, present day Venezuela. La Guaira was a port of the Royal Gipuzkoan Company of Caracas, whose ships had rendered great assistance to the Spanish navy during War of Jenkins' Ear in carrying troops, arms, stores and ammunition from Spain to her colonies, and its destruction would be a severe blow both to the Company a…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A British expeditionary fleet under Sir Charles Knowles is defeated by the Spanish in the Battle of La Guaira”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジェンキンスの耳の戦争 - サー・チャールズ・ノウルズ率いる英国遠征艦隊がラ・グアイラの海戦においてスペイン軍に敗北する。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page