What the records say
- When
- 8 Jun 1708
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.17° N, 75.66° W
- Description
- 1708 naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession
- Naval
- yes
Wager's Action
1708 battle of the War of the Spanish Succession
Wager's Action was fought on 8 June 1708 between a Royal Navy squadron under Charles Wager and a Franco-Spanish convoy under José de Santillán and Jean-Baptiste du Casse as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended in a British victory, with the Spanish losing two treasure galleons and suffering heavy casualties.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “War of the Spanish Succession: Wager's Action, a naval confrontation, takes place between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rund 30 Kilometer vor Cartagena greifen britische Kriegsschiffe eine spanische Silberflotte an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская атака Уэйджера”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Barú en la cual piratas ingleses hunden el Galeón San José”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page