The Raid of Nassau (March 3–4, 1776) was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during...
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The Raid on Nassau, on the Bahamian island of New Providence, was a privately raised Franco-Spanish expedition against the English taking place in October...
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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...
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Bahamas: Raid on Charles Town, a 1684 Spanish Raid Raid on Nassau, a 1703 Franco-Spanish raid during the War of the Spanish Succession Raid on Nassau (1720)...
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the ground during the Raid on Charles Town. It was rebuilt in 1695 under Governor Nicholas Trott and renamed Nassau in honour of King William III, who...
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and his crew returned to Nassau to surrender to Woodes Rogers. In August of 1720, Rackham stole the sloop William out of Nassau harbor. Alongside him was...
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Fort Montagu (section Raid on Nassau)
a small fort of four cannon on the eastern shore of New Providence Island (Nassau) Bahamas. Peter Henry Bruce oversaw the construction of the fort that...
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This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera. In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the...
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Esek Hopkins (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
poorly guarded and had friends there who would help his cause. The Raid of Nassau, an assault on the British colony there March 3, 1776 was also the first...
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Northwest Cay Noss Mangrove Island Nun Jack Cay Nurse Cay Nurse Channel Cay Nassau O'Brien Cay Ocean Cay Old Yankee Cay Orange Cay Outer Point Cay Over Yonder...
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