What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 1903
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 10.99° N, 71.61° W
- Description
- 1903 military action
Bombardment of Fort San Carlos
Military action
The Bombardment of Fort San Carlos occurred during the Venezuelan Crisis on January 17, 1903, when two warships of the Imperial German Navy tried to penetrate into Lake Maracaibo but were repulsed by the garrison of Fort San Carlos de la Barra after a brief exchange of fire.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Venezuela Crisis of 1902-1903: Bombardment of Fort San Carlos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bombardeo del Fuerte San Carlos, los cañoneros SMS Panther y el SMS Falke iniciaron un bombardeo sobre la fortaleza y las tropas venezolanas respondieron”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page