Raid on Nassau (1720) | |||||||
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Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3 frigates 9 brigantines & sloops 1,300[4]–2,000[5] soldiers and sailors |
2 frigates 500 militiamen[6] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 sloop wrecked[1] | Unknown |
The Raid on Nassau was a Spanish military expedition that took place in February 1720 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance wherein Spanish forces assaulted the British settlement of Nassau in an attempt to seize the island of New Providence. Although the Spanish managed to raid outlying posts, the assault on Nassau itself was repelled and the invasion was a failure.[5][6]