Episode 5 of 5
Spanish Attacks Break the Siege
- When
- 21–30 April 1797
- Where
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Part of
- Battle of San Juan
Successive Spanish attacks on the British siege positions broke the British force and ended the siege of San Juan.
The battle was actually a series of successive Spanish attacks on the British siege positions; these Spanish countermeasures broke the British force and the siege of San Juan by it. The recapture of Martín Peña Bridge and the Díaz cousins' raids behind British lines formed part of these countermeasures, making the British operation ill-fated.
Sources
- Battle of San Juan (1797) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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