Battle of Pensacola

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battle engagement of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Pensacola was a 1781 American Revolutionary War engagement in which Spanish forces under Bernardo de Gálvez captured the British-held capital of West Florida, weakening British control along the Gulf Coast.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Pensacola canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
alliedWith	Spain – France (as Bourbon allies in the wider war) NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Pensacola NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	British West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies (indirectly allied with Spain) NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	West Florida campaign of 1781 NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCaptured	Pensacola, capital of British West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantRole	Bernardo de Gálvez – Spanish commander NERFINISHED ⓘ John Campbell – British commander NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Bernardo de Gálvez NERFINISHED ⓘ George Johnstone (naval opposition earlier in campaign) NERFINISHED ⓘ Johan de Bruyn Kops NERFINISHED ⓘ John Campbell of Strachur NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	monuments to Bernardo de Gálvez in Pensacola ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
date	1781 ⓘ
effect	loss of British West Florida capital ⓘ weakening of British control along the Gulf Coast ⓘ
endDate	1781-05-10 ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish consolidation of West Florida ⓘ
involved	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British provincial troops ⓘ Native American allies of Britain ⓘ Spanish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Gulf Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	capture of Pensacola ⓘ seizure of the capital of British West Florida ⓘ
opponentOf	British colonial administration in West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	capture of Pensacola by Spanish forces ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf Coast campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish intervention in the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Pensacola NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Pensacola NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ
startDate	1781-03-09 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	reduced British presence in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ secured Spanish control of West Florida ⓘ
supportedBy	Spanish Caribbean naval forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forces from Louisiana ⓘ
theater	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1781 ⓘ

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Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Battle of Pensacola ⓘ