Battle of Bloody Marsh

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, helping secure British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Bloody Marsh canonical	3
Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742)	2
Battle of Bloody Marshes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ surface form: Battle of Bloody Marshes
armedForcesType	British regulars ⓘ Native American allies of the British ⓘ colonial militia ⓘ
associatedFortification	Fort Frederica National Monument ⓘ
belligerent	British colonial forces ⓘ Spanish forces from Florida ⓘ
britishColonyInvolved	Province of Georgia ⓘ
commander	James Oglethorpe ⓘ
commemoratedBy	historical markers on St. Simons Island ⓘ
conflict	War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
conflictTheater	Caribbean and southeastern North America ⓘ
conflictType	land battle ⓘ
countryAtTime	Great Britain ⓘ
date	1742-07-07 ⓘ
effect	ended major Spanish offensive against Georgia ⓘ secured British control of Georgia ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ Colonial America ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish withdrawal from St. Simons Island ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed historic site ⓘ
location	Province of Georgia ⓘ St. Simons Island ⓘ surface form: St. Simons Island, Georgia
militaryTactic	ambush in marshy terrain ⓘ
near	Fort Frederica National Monument ⓘ surface form: Fort Frederica Frederica River ⓘ
notableCommanderFor	Province of Georgia ⓘ
notableFor	halting Spanish attempts to reclaim Georgia ⓘ
opposingForce	Great Britain ⓘ Spain ⓘ
partOf	War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Spanish invasion of Georgia (1742) ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish landing on St. Simons Island ⓘ
presentDayJurisdiction	Glynn County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDaySite	Bloody Marsh Battle Site ⓘ
reasonForName	named for the marshy battlefield ⓘ
relatedConflict	Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ repulse of Spanish invasion of Georgia ⓘ
spanishBaseOfOperations	St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
spanishColonyInvolved	Spanish Florida ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOfBritain	defense of Georgia colony ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOfSpain	capture of Georgia ⓘ
terrain	marshland ⓘ
year	1742 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of Jenkins' Ear → hasPart → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → followedBy → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

Battle of Bloody Marsh → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bloody Marshes

Battle of Gully Hole Creek → followedBy → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → includesEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742)

St. Simons Island → historicalEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742)