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The British Invasions of the River Plate 35 There were a few errors in this letter. General Miranda was not in London at that time; he was in Caracas. With the few American and English soldiers he had managed to recruit, he was trying to overthrow Spanish rule and promote independence. Popham was obviously unaware of this. He also misunderstood, or
In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the battlefield and Montevideo was taken by storm, but the campaign ended in disaster when 6000 redcoats and riflemen surrendered following a bloody ...
Oct 17, 2013 · So ended one of the most humiliating and neglected episodes of the entire Napoleonic Wars.In The British Invasion of the River Plate Ben Hughes tells the story of this forgotten campaign in graphic detail. His account is based on research carried out across two continents.
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that were located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay. The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars, when Spain was an ally of Napoleonic France.
Sep 1, 2022 · The British invasions of the River Plate were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata that were located around the Ro de la Plata in South America in presentday Argentina and Uruguay.
A British armada under Commodore Home Popham sailed to the River Plate in June and disembarked an army that occupied the capital Buenos Aires without much opposition. Shortly after, the British were attacked and soundly defeated in ferocious street fighting by Spaniards, Creoles, Indians and African slaves and had to surrender.
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In The British Invasion of the River Plate Ben Hughes tells the story of this forgotten war in graphic detail. His account is based on research carried out across two continents, and it draws on contemporary newspaper reports, official documents and the memoirs, letters and journals of the men who were there.
