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The Battle of St. Louis, also known as the Attack on St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos, was fought on May 26, 1780, between British-allied Indians and defenders of the Franco-Spanish village of St. Louis, Louisiana (present-day U.S. state of Missouri) during the American Revolutionary War.
St. Louis: May 25, 1780 St. Louis: American Revolutionary War: Spain-320, Great Britain-~1,500 108 Spain vs. Great Britain & Indian tribes Spanish victory Sink Hole: May 24, 1815 Lincoln County: War of 1812? 8 Sauk vs. United States United States victory Battle Creek: July 1829 Schuyler County: American Indian Wars? ? Iowa vs. American settlers ...
Second Battle of Martinique: April 17, 1780: Martinique: American nvictory Battle of Lenud's Ferry: May 6, 1780: South Carolina: British victory Bird's invasion of Kentucky: May 25-August 4, 1780: Virginia: British victory Battle of St. Louis: May 25, 1780: Louisiana (present-day Missouri) Patriot-Spanish victory Battle of Waxhaws: May 29, 1780 ...
In June 1779, Spain declared war on Britain. By March 1780, St. Louis was warned of an impending British attack, and the Spanish built Fort San Carlos. In late May 1780, a British war party attacked the town of St. Louis; although the town was saved, 21 were killed, 7 were wounded, and 25 were taken prisoner. [34]
Battle of St. Louis Lieutenant Colonel Fernando de Leyba y Córdova Vizcaigaña (July 24, 1734 – June 28, 1780) was a Spanish Army officer who served as the third lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana from 1778 until his death in 1780.
Battle of Saint Louis (1780) Over the next several years of the war, both sides launched raids against each other, usually targeting settlements. In Spring of 1780, British and Native American forces swept across the Midwest to clear the territories of rebels and Spanish forces, attacking St. Louis and Cahokia and Kentucky , but were repulsed ...
The battle losses and his inability to pay merchants for supplies given to the Americans damaged Leyba's reputation in St. Louis, and Leyba died after a lengthy illness on June 28, 1780. [30] Galvez quickly reappointed former commander Francisco Cruzat, who arrived in St. Louis with ammunition, weapons and supplies to defend the town. [ 30 ]
American Revolutionary War: US Victory 0 United States vs Great Britain: Battle of St. Louis: May 25, 1780 Present-day Cahokia, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish/US Victory 25+ United States and Spain vs Great Britain and Indian Nations: Battle of Fort Dearborn: August 15, 1812 Present-day Chicago, Illinois: War of 1812