Newport's 1592 expedition

Newport's 1592 expedition
Part of the Anglo–Spanish War
DateApril - June, 1592
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents
England England  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Christopher Newport Lope de Vega Portocarrero
Strength
200 men
4 ships.[1]
Militia and natives
various shore defences
Casualties and losses
Light 4 towns sacked
19 ships captured, sunk or scuttled[2]

Newport's 1592 expedition was a series of privateering attacks which took place between April and June 1592 on the Spanish Main, mostly on the island of Hispaniola between an English raiding force led by Christopher Newport and defending Spanish garrisons. The largest engagement took place at the town of La Yaguana.[3] Newport then completed his expedition by raiding settlements and shipping in the Bay of Honduras before heading home without losing any ships.

  1. ^ Nichols 2007, p. 36.
  2. ^ Andrews, Kenneth (1959). English privateering voyages to the West Indies, 1588-1595, Volume 111. Hakluyt Society at the University Press. pp. 185–86.
  3. ^ Marley 2008, p. 80.