Battle of Anguilla

Battle of Anguilla
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession

Modern-day view of the site of the French landing
Date21 May 1745
Location
Anguilla, British West Indies
18°10′37″N 63°06′45″W / 18.17694°N 63.11250°W / 18.17694; -63.11250
Result British victory[1]
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Hodge Le Touché
Strength
150 soldiers[2] 2 frigates
3 privateers
2 ship's tenders
759 soldiers[1]
Casualties and losses
7 killed or wounded[3] 35 killed or drowned
65 wounded[4]
50 captured[5]

The Battle of Anguilla was a military engagement that took place on the British controlled Caribbean island of Anguilla on 1 June 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French force landed 760 men and marched inland but were repulsed with heavy losses by the British who then counter-attacked forcing the French to flee causing the loss of 100 casualties as well as fifty captured.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Olson & Shadle pp 64–65
  2. ^ "Anguilla's History", The Anguilla House of Assembly Elections, Government of Anguilla, 2007, archived from the original on 13 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b Richmond pp 221–23
  4. ^ a b Marley p. 268
  5. ^ Southley, Thomas (1827). Chronological History of the West Indies: Vol II. p. 303.