What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1779
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.32° N, 91.14° W
- Description
- 1779 battle
Capture of Fort Bute
1779 battle
The capture of Fort Bute, also known as the Battle of Manchac Post, signalled the opening of Spanish intervention in the American Revolutionary War on the side of France and the United States. Mustering an ad hoc army of Spanish regulars, Acadian militia, and native levies under Gilbert Antoine de St.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War: Capture of Fort Bute by Spanish troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Fort Bute par les Espagnols”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page