What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1662 – 25 Oct 1662
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 20.02° N, 75.83° W
- Description
- 1662 raid
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Raid on Santiago de Cuba (1662)
1662 raid by English buccaneers
The Raid on Santiago de Cuba took place on 19 October 1662 during the Anglo-Spanish War on the Spanish colony of Cuba. In fear of a Spanish attack on Jamaica, the governor Thomas Hickman-Windsor gaver orders to Royal Navy captain Christopher Myngs to launch a preemptive attack. Myngs' force of fourteen vessels, carrying around 1,400 buccaneers sortied from Port Royal and assaulted Santiago de Cuba.
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