San Juan Expedition (1780)
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title:
San Juan Expedition (1780)
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The San Juan Expedition took place between March and November 1780 during the American War of Independence when a British force under the command of John Polson and Captain Horatio Nelson landed on the coast of the present-day Nicaragua, with the aim of sailing up the San Juan River to capture the strategically crucial towns of Granada and León, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua. Despite an initial success in the capture of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, Polson's fo
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Expedition in the American War of Independence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Expedition_(1780)
date created:
2010-07-09T21:28:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T21:16:09Z
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