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Siege of St. Augustine

Siege of St. Augustine was a siege conducted on 13 June 1740 at St. Augustine, in what is now Florida, United States. It was part of the War of Jenkins' Ear, which ran from 1739 to 1748. The recorded result: Spanish victory.

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The north wall of the Castillo de San Marcos. Taken By Victor Patel
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Record

Date13 June 1740
PlaceSt. Augustine, Florida, United States
29.895N, 81.314W
Part ofWar of Jenkins' Ear (1739 to 1748)
KindSiege, early modern
ResultSpanish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of Great BritainSpain
CommandersJames Oglethorpe; Ahaya Secoffee; PearceManuel de Montiano
Strength1,000 infantry; (Oglethorpe's Regiment, Georgia Provincials, South Carolina Provincials.); 900 sailors; 1,200 warriors; 56 cannons; 5 frigates; 3 sloops750 infantry; 50 cannons; 1 fort; 6 small ships
Casualties and losses122 killed; 16 captured; 14 deserted; 56 artillery pieces captured; 1 schooner capturedUnknown
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Siege of St. Augustine is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,031 in present-day United States (28 in Florida).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3486020, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of St. Augustine (1740), revision 1374319127, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.