What the records say
- When
- 13 Apr 1697
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.41° N, 75.53° W
- Description
- 1697 French attack during the Nine Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Raid on Cartagena de Indias (1697)
French attack during the War of the Grand Alliance
The raid on Cartagena de Indias was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de Indias, on 6 May 1697, as part of the War of the Grand Alliance.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Überfall auf Cartagena gelingt französischen Freibeutern die Eroberung der spanischen Stadt im heutigen Kolumbien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “une escadre française dirigée par Pointis et Ducasse mouille devant Carthagène des Indes, en Colombie ; la ville assiégée capitule le 2 mai”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “рейд на Картахену”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page