✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Siege of Pensacola

March 9 – May 10, 1781 · Siege of Pensacola

Result Franco-Spanish victory

Bernardo de Gálvez took Pensacola, the capital of British West Florida.

On the map Contemporaries

Spanish

British

Spain
France
Great Britain
Choctaw Nation
Muscogee Confederacy
Bernardo de Gálvez military commander Francisco de Miranda military commander José de Solano y Bote military commander
John Campbell, of Strachur military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
155
Wounded
105
Captured
1,113

Units

Spanish army of Bernardo de Gálvez