Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)

Battle of Baton Rouge
Part of the Western Theater of the
American Revolutionary War

Detail from a 1776 map showing West Florida
DateSeptember 12–21, 1779
Location30°27′00″N 91°08′00″W / 30.4500°N 91.1333°W / 30.4500; -91.1333
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
 Spain

 Great Britain

Commanders and leaders
Spanish Empire Col. Bernardo de Gálvez Kingdom of Great Britain Lieut. Col. Alexander Dickson Surrendered
Strength
398 regulars
400 militia
400 regulars
150 militia
Casualties and losses
9 killed
39 wounded[1]
34 dead
4 killed
2 wounded
375 captured
30 died of wounds in captivity[1]

The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into West Florida.

  1. ^ a b Haarmann (1960), p. 113