Raid on Charles Town

Raid on Charles Town
Date 19 January 1684 Location Charles Town, the Bahamas, West Indies Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	England
Commanders and leaders
Juan de Alarcón	Gov. Robert Clarke  (POW)[1]
Strength
201 men 2 vessels
Casualties and losses
Unknown, minimum.	700~ prisoners 4 ships destroyed 1 ship taken

The Raid on Charles Town, or Spanish raid on New Providence, was a Spanish naval expedition on 19 January 1684 (O.S.) led by Cuban corsair Juan de Alarcón against the English privateering stronghold of Charles Town (later renamed Nassau), capital of the Bahamas. The Bahamian settlements and defenses were reduced to ruins, and the Spanish carried off the governor in chains, together with the inhabitants.