Capture of Pensacola | |||||||
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Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance | |||||||
![]() Bay of Pensacola | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | |||||||
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The Capture of Pensacola took place in May 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when a French force led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville took and occupied the settlement of Pensacola in the Spanish colony of Florida. The French occupied Pensacola until August 1719, when a large Spanish force arrived and compelled the small French garrison to surrender.[1][2] This Spanish occupation only lasted until September 1, when a French fleet arrived to reassert French control.[1]
The war ended status quo ante bellum and Pensacola was officially returned to Spanish control, though the French garrison did not withdraw until 1726.[citation needed]