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The garrison raised a white flag over Fort George at 3 in the afternoon of May 10, 1781. More than 1,100 British and colonial troops were taken prisoner, and 200 casualties were sustained. The Spanish army lost 74 dead, with another 198 wounded. [25]
East Florida (Spanish: Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War.
But on October 19, 1781, the British Army's defeat at the Siege of Yorktown led the British to conclude that the war was unwinnable, forcing them to forfeit the Thirteen Colonies in eastern North America in the Treaty of Paris, which they signed in 1783, though sporadic fighting continued for several additional years. [1]
In addition to the British Army, ... (1778–1781) West Florida Refugees (1777–1781) Associator and Refugee units. Associated Loyalists (1780–1782)
March 6, 1781: North Carolina: British victory Siege of Pensacola: March 9-May 8, 1781: West Florida: American-Spanish victory Battle of Guilford Court House: March 15, 1781: North Carolina: British victory Battle of Cape Henry: March 16, 1781: Virginia: British strategic victory, tactically indecisive Siege of Fort Watson: April 15–23, 1781 ...
The arrival of the British regular army in Georgia in 1778 was shortly followed by the occupation of Augusta by loyalist Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown, leading the East Florida Rangers on January 31, 1779. [2] Brown and the East Florida Rangers retreated from Augusta following the British defeat at the Battle of Kettle Creek in February 1779. [2]
U.S. researchers have concluded that the 17th-century remains of sunken British warship HMS Tyger rest below the surface in Dry Tortugas National Park. Researchers conclusively ID British warship ...
British West Florida was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1763 until 1783, when it was ceded to Spain as part of the Peace of Paris. British West Florida comprised parts of the modern U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Effective British control ended in 1781 when Spain captured Pensacola.