Franco-Spanish reconquest of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" in English) from the British in February 1782, after the siege of Fort St. Philip lasting...

Menorca or Minorca (from Latin: Insula Minor, lit. 'smaller island', later Minorica) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging...

two occasions by the British: during the Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) and the Invasion of Minorca, 1781. Following the latter event, the castle was partly...

cavalry squadrons of his regiment, to join Crillon's Invasion of Minorca (1781), where he distinguished himself at the siege and storming of the St. Philip's...

Menorca (1756) Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) Invasion of Menorca (1781) Capture of Menorca (1798) Battle of Menorca (1939) Guillon, Edouard (1894). Port-Mahon...

Battle of Minorca (1756) Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) Invasion of Minorca (1781) Capture of Minorca (1798) Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles...

was under the command of Chevalier de Sparre, escorting the French 4000-man expeditionary force of the Invasion of Minorca (1781) from Mahon to Algesiras...

The siege of Fort St Philip, also known as the siege of Minorca, took place from 20 April to 29 June 1756 during the Seven Years' War. Ceded to Great...

the Battle of Rhode Island, in the Battle of Grenada, and in the siege of Savannah. In July 1781, she took part in the Invasion of Minorca. On 9 August...

(1777–1778) Yorktown campaign (1781) Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–1781) Southern theater of the American Revolutionary...

1781 – American Revolutionary War Invasion of Minorca (1781) – 1781 – 1782 – American Revolutionary War Action of 12 December 1782 – 1782 – American...

is a list of wars and armed conflicts fought by Spain, its predecessor states, or in Spanish territory. Military history of Spain List of Spanish colonial...

Siege of Fort St. Philip (1781) - a Siege during the Spanish invasion of Minorca in the American War of Independence Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815) -...

signed the Convention of Aranjuez, which laid out a summary of Bourbon War aims. Spain sought to recover Gibraltar and Minorca, Mobile and Pensacola in...

in the Great Siege of Gibraltar, where he spent the following two years. Loygorri then took part in the Invasion of Minorca (1781), for which he was promoted...

the future Duke of Osuna. He then spent 22 months at the Great Siege of Gibraltar before participating in the Invasion of Minorca (1781). He then saw further...

Moonlight Battle of January 1780. Bonaventura Moreno was a Spanish rear admiral. He oversaw the blockade of Minorca during the 1781 invasion and commanded...

Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1779. In 1781, Sérieuse ferried soldiers after the Invasion of Minorca. She was at Toulon when...

Freuler. In 1781, he followed his brothers Theodor and Nazar and became a mercenary in Spanish service. He took part in the invasion of Minorca in 1782,...

Anglo-Spanish War. His most famous achievement was the successful invasion of Minorca in 1781, in which he defeated a British garrison and returned the island...

November 1798 a British expedition captured the island of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) from Spain. A large force under General...

colonial administrator who served as the governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768 and governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. Born in Ballencrieff, East Lothian...

marechal de camp in 1770. He was second-in-command of the Franco-Spanish Invasion of Minorca in 1781 and also came into contact with Benjamin Franklin...

and poor planning. They then succeeded with the capture of Minorca in 1781 but the largest of them all was the unsuccessful attempt to capture Gibraltar...

variety of factors. A French invasion of Jersey ended in defeat. French and Spanish forces captured Minorca in February 1782 but the Great Siege of Gibraltar...

French invasion of the island in 1781 (the Battle of Jersey). Other regiments were in service in India or Gibraltar. 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light)...

October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Saxton with Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate...

of Commons had voted in parliament with a No offensive war against America as a result of the surrender of Yorktown. News of the surrender of Minorca...

the Capture of Minorca and at the sieges of Alexandria and Cairo. Promoted to colonel in 1802, Houston fought in the Walcheren Expedition of 1809 before...

resupplying Gibraltar in October 1782. The combined Franco-Spanish invasion of Menorca in 1781 met with more success; Menorca surrendered the following year...