Capture of Pensacola
Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance

Bay of Pensacola
DateMay 1719
Location
Pensacola
Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
 France Spain
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Strength
Unknown Unknown

The Capture of Pensacola took place in May 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when a French force led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville took and occupied the settlement of Pensacola in the Spanish colony of Florida. The French occupied Pensacola until August 1719, when a large Spanish force arrived and compelled the small French garrison to surrender.[1][2] This Spanish occupation only lasted until September 1, when a French fleet arrived to reassert French control.[1]

The war ended status quo ante bellum and Pensacola was officially returned to Spanish control, though the French garrison did not withdraw until 1726.

References

  1. 1 2 Bense p.14
  2. ↑ Marley p.242

Bibliography

  • Bense, Judith A. Archaeology of colonial Pensacola. University Press of Florida, 1999.
  • Claiborne, John. Mississippi, as a province, territory, and state. Contains a somewhat detailed account of the affair.
  • Marley, David. Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. ABC-Clio, 1998.

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