What the records say
- When
- 22 Mar 1748
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.27° N, 73.55° W
- Description
- 1748 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud
1748 battle of the War of the Austrian Succession
The Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud was fought on 22 March 1748 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue during the War of the Austrian Succession. A British Royal Navy squadron under the command of Admiral Charles Knowles attacked and destroyed a large French fort in Saint-Louis-du-Sud , then under the command of the interim Governor of Saint-Domingue, Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジェンキンスの耳の戦争：サン＝ルイ＝デュ＝シュドの海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page