Siege of Santo Domingo | |||||||
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Part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) | |||||||
![]() Puerta del Conde originally named Fort San Genaro. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2,400 soldiers:
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13,120 soldiers:
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
30 dead[2] | ~600 killed[2] | ||||||
Location within the Dominican Republic |
The siege of Santo Domingo was fought between April 23, 1655 and April 30, 1655, at the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 2,400 Spanish troops led by Governor Don Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba successfully resisted a force of 13,120 soldiers led by General Robert Venables and 34 ships under Admiral Sir William Penn of the English Commonwealth.