British Retaliation and the Capture of Vigo …
Years: 1719 - 1719
April
British Retaliation and the Capture of Vigo (1719)
In October 1719, a British fleet, responding to Spanish support for the Jacobite uprising in Scotland, launched a retaliatory assault on Vigo, swiftly capturing the city before advancing inland...
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- Austria, Archduchy of
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
