The Battle of Saint Louis (Spanish San Luis) was an unsuccessful British-led attack on St. Louis (a French settlement that had been ceeded to Spain) on May 26, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. Combatants United States France Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida Tuscarora Polish volunteers Quebec volunteers Prussian volunteers Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Hessian mercenaries Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben King George III Sir... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... Louisiana (green), superimposed over modern USA states Capital New Orleans History  - Acquisition from France 1764  - Return to France 30 November, 1803  - Sold to the USA 10 March 1804 Political Subdivisions Upper Louisiana Lower Louisiana DeSoto claiming the Mississippi as depicted in the United States capitol rotunda Louisiana was the name... Don Fernando de Leyba (d. ... Combatants United States American Indians, Great Britain Commanders Western Department, George Rogers Clark, William Crawford â€ , et al. ... Combatants Kentucky settlers Shawnees and allies Commanders Daniel Boone, Richard Callaway, William Bailey Smith Blackfish, Antoine Dagneaux de Quindre, Moluntha Strength 135 settlers (30–40 gunmen) 444 Native Americans 12 Detroit militia Casualties 2 killed 4 wounded 37 killed unknown wounded The Siege of Boonesborough took place in September 1778... Combatants Illinois Regiment, Illinois militia Great Britain, Detroit militia, American Indians Commanders George Rogers Clark, Joseph Bowman, Leonard Helm Henry Hamilton #, Chevalier de Rocheblave #, Egushawa Strength 180 30 regulars, 60 Indians, 145 militia The Illinois campaign was a series of events in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in which... Fort Laurens was an American Revolutionary War fort in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. ... Birds invasion of Kentucky during the American Revolutionary War was just one phase of an extensive series of operations planned by the British in 1780, whereby the entire West, from Canada to Florida, was to be swept clear of both Spaniards and colonists. ... Colonel Archibald Andrew Lochry (Lockrees/Lochry/Lockery/Loughry/Loughrey) (1733-1781) was a colonial American military officer whose command ended in disaster when he and nearly every member of his force were killed or captured by Mohawk forces led by George Girty (brother of Simon Girty) and under the command... The Long Run Massacre occurred on September 13, 1781 at the intersection of Floyds Fork creek with the Falls Trace, a trail, in what is now eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. ... The Gnadenhütten massacre (8 March 1782) was a mass murder of nearly 100 Native Americans (mostly women and children) by American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War. ... Tragically, the American Colonel Crawford was horrifically killed after losing this intense battle against the Three Fires Confederation and their allies. ... Illustration of the women of Bryan Station getting water while Native Americans, who are about to besiege the settlement, watch. ... Combatants Kentucky militia (United States) Great Britain, American Indians Commanders John Todd † Stephen Trigg † Daniel Boone William Caldwell Alexander McKee Simon Girty Strength 182 militiamen 50 rangers 300 natives Casualties 72 killed, 11 captured about 11 killed The Battle of Blue Licks was fought on August 19, 1782, and was... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United States France Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida Tuscarora Polish volunteers Quebec volunteers Prussian volunteers Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Hessian mercenaries Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben King George III Sir...

Background

The attack was motivated both by Spain's entry into the war in 1779 and by American activity in the Northwest Territory that same year. American expeditions under George Rogers Clark had boldly challenged British domination of the region, and when the Spaniards under Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Gálvez began driving the British from the mouth of the Mississippi and cutting communications with the Gulf colonies, British rule was directly threatened. 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and the Territory North West of the Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States. ... Clark as painted by Matthew Harris Jouett in 1825 George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. ... Flag In 1803, the United States concluded the Louisiana Purchase (green area) with France. ... List of Governors of Louisiana First French Era Sieur Sauvole de la Villantry 1699-1701 Jean Baptiste de la Moyne, Sieur de Bienville 1701-1713 Antonine de la Mothe Cadillac 1713-1716 Jean Baptiste de la Moyne 1716-1717 De lEpinay 1717-1718 Jean Baptiste de la Moyne 1718... Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo de Gálvez, conde de Galvez (23 July 1746 born in Macharaviaya, a mountain village in the province of Málaga, Spain – 1786) was Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1777 to 1785, and Viceroy of New Spain 1785-1786. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...

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Awaiting them at St. Louis were 21 men of the Fijo de Luisiana ("Louisiana Regulars") colonial regiment and whatever militia could be mustered from the townspeople. But the small town, at the insistence of Captain Fernando De Leyba, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, had been well-fortified months before by a ring of trenches and a stone tower bearing the name Fort San Carlos. Don Fernando de Leyba (d. ...

Battle

The British arrived on May 26 and savagely handled a group of farmers and slaves on the outskirts of town before rushing into the deadly volleys from the entrenched defenders. The militia and natives, unused to attacking fortifications, faltered. (Classic native and French Canadian warfare, known in French as la petite guerre, involved lightning raids against undefended civilian targets). De Leyba's cannon on Fort San Carlos opened fire, driving the invaders off. is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Slave redirects here. ... French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Aftermath

The village of 900 lost 92 dead and captured, virtually all civilians. The British met a similar defeat at Cahokia, and a year later the Spaniards from St. Louis seized Fort St. Joseph. With its position in the West and elsewhere slipping away, Britain entered peace negotiations in 1782. Cahokia is the site of an ancient Native American city near Collinsville, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. ... Fort Saint Joseph was a fort near present day Niles, Michigan. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Rickey, Don, Jr. "The British-Indian Attack on St. Louis, May 26, 1780" in David Curtis Skaggs, ed., The Old Northwest in the American Revolution: An Anthology. Madison, Wisconsin: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1977. ISBN 0-87020-164-6. Originally published in the Missouri Historical Review 55, October 1960.

External links

• Fort San Carlos and the Battle of 1780