What the records say
- When
- 15 Jun 1598 – 30 Jun 1598
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.47° N, 66.12° W
- Description
- 1598 English force of 20 ships took San Juan from Spain for 65 days
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of San Juan (1598)
English victory over Spain in Puerto Rico
The Battle of San Juan was a military and naval action on June 15, 1598 when an English force of 20 ships and 1,700 men under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, overwhelmed and took the Spanish fortress Castillo San Felipe del Morro and thus took the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “England invades the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico with a force of 20 ships and 1,700 men led by the Earl of Cumberland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page