Expedition and Royal Commission
- When
- April 1769
- Where
- Spain and Havana (staging points); Louisiana (destination)
O'Reilly was appointed in April 1769 and led an expeditionary force to Louisiana in 1769 to restore Spanish control after the rebellion.
O'Reilly was appointed Governor and Captain-General of colonial Louisiana while in Spain in April 1769, with orders to immediately proceed to Havana, embark 3,000 troops there, put down the revolt in Louisiana, and re-establish order. Later in 1769 he was sent to Louisiana at the head of an expeditionary force to restore Spanish control in the wake of the Louisiana Rebellion of 1768. The expedition's arrival at La Balize on July 20, 1769, its reported fleet of 21 ships and 2,056 soldiers, and Governor Charles Philippe Aubry's involvement rest on legacy records not corroborated by the supplied passages and are therefore quarantined as unverified.
Sources
- Alejandro O'Reilly Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-18
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