The Battle of Guadalupe Island, also known as the Battle of Guadalupe, was a naval action that took place off
Guadalupe Island
Guadalupe Island ( es, Isla Guadalupe, link=no) is a volcanic island located off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and about southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. The ...
(
French: ''Guadeloupe''),
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
, on 8 November 1595, between a Spanish force of five frigates commanded by Don Pedro Tello de Guzmán and Don Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Gonzalo Méndez de Cancio (who was appointed Admiral on 19 August 1595), and an English squadron of nine ships (rear of Francis Drake's fleet), during the 1595 Raid on the Spanish Main, unsuccessful English military expedition of 1595 against Spanish Empire, Spain and their Spanish America, possessions, led by Sir Francis Drake himself, Sir John Hawkins (naval commander), John Hawkins and Sir Thomas Baskerville (general), Thomas Baskerville, as the context of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).
The result was a Spanish victory.
One of the English ships, the ''Francis,'' was captured and the others fled from the battle.
[Rodríguez González pp. 79-88] Then, knowing Drake's plans, the Spanish flotilla took advantage over the bulk of Drake's fleet, and arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan on 13 November, reinforcing the town with 500 soldiers and supplies.
[Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). p.108] The Spaniards organized different artillery positions in strategic locations, and the five frigates were positioned to cover the entrance of the bay with their artillery, awaiting the arrival of Drake.
[Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Fernández Duro, Cesáreo pp.108-109] On 22 November, with the defenses completed, the English fleet arrived off San Juan and tried to invade the town.
The result was another Spanish victory over Drake's forces.
[Van Middeldyk p.68]
See also
* Spanish Main
* Battle of Las Palmas
* Battle of San Juan (1595)
*
Guadalupe Island
Guadalupe Island ( es, Isla Guadalupe, link=no) is a volcanic island located off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and about southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. The ...
* Fort San Felipe del Morro
Notes
References
* Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). ''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón.'' Vol. III. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Madrid.
* Konstam, Angus (2008). ''Piracy: The Complete History''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. UK.
* Van Middeldyk, R. A. (2008). ''The History of Puerto Rico''. Teddington: Echo Library. UK.
* Ullivarri, Saturnino (2004). ''Piratas y corsarios en Cuba''. Spain: Editorial Renacimiento.
* Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón (2006). ''Victorias por Mar de los Españoles''. Biblioteca de Historia. Grafite Ediciones. Madrid.
External links
* Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898)
''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón.''Vol. III. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Madrid.
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Naval battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Conflicts in 1595
16th century in the Caribbean
1595 in the Caribbean
1595 in the British Empire
1595 in the Spanish Empire