siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782)

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The siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) was a British-held fortress’s prolonged blockade and bombardment by Spanish forces during the American Revolutionary War, leading to Spain’s capture of Menorca from Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) ⓘ
attackingForce French naval contingent ⓘ
Spanish Army ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
belligerent French Navy ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
besiegingForceStrength over 8,000 Spanish and allied troops ⓘ
cause Spanish attempt to recover Menorca from Britain ⓘ
commander Buenaventura Moreno ⓘ
James Murray ⓘ
Louis de Córdova y Córdova ⓘ
linked to: Louis de Córdova

Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) ⓘ
countryDuringEvent Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
defendingForce British Army garrison ⓘ
endDate 1782-02-05 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
fortification Fort St. Philip ⓘ
garrisonStrength approximately 2,500 British troops ⓘ
location Balearic Islands ⓘ
Fort St. Philip, Menorca ⓘ
Mahon, Menorca ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Menorca ⓘ
linked to: Minorca
method artillery bombardment ⓘ
blockade ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
notableFor prolonged resistance of British garrison ⓘ
severe disease and shortages among defenders ⓘ
objective capture of Fort St. Philip ⓘ
expulsion of British from Menorca ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Spanish declaration of war on Great Britain (1779) ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
capture of Menorca by Spain ⓘ
surrender of British garrison at Fort St. Philip ⓘ
significance led to transfer of Menorca to Spain in the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
startDate 1781-08-19 ⓘ
territorialChange Menorca ceded from Great Britain to Spain ⓘ
theatre European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1781 ⓘ
1782 ⓘ

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Fort St. Philip → associatedEvent → siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) ⓘ
siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) → alsoKnownAs → Great Siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) ⓘ
linked to: siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782)