What the records say
- When
- 23 Apr 1655 – 30 Apr 1655
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 18.48° N, 69.89° W
- Description
- 1655 siege of the Anglo-Spanish War
Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)
Battle of the Anglo-Spanish War
The siege of Santo Domingo was fought between April 23, 1655 and April 30, 1655, at the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 2,400 Spanish troops led by Governor Don Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba successfully resisted a force of 13,120 soldiers led by General Robert Venables and 34 ships under Admiral Sir William Penn of the English Commonwealth.
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