What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 1740
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 29.93° N, 81.33° W
- Description
- 26 June 1740 action of the War of Jenkins' Ear
Battle of Bloody Mose
1740 battle of the War of Jenkins' Ear
The Battle of Bloody Mose was fought on 14 June 1740 at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida during the War of Jenkins' Ear. A Spanish column of 300 regular troops under Captain Antonio Salgado supported by Black militia under Captain Francisco Menéndez and Spanish-allied Seminole warriors attacked Fort Mose, which was defended by 170 British colonial troops from the Province of Georgia and British-allied Indians under Colon…
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジェンキンスの耳の戦争：モセ砦の戦い - スペイン正規軍300名と解放奴隷黒人の民兵、インディオ援軍の軍勢が”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page