Two attacks by English privateers on the Canary island
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Attacks on Fuerteventura in 1740
Part of War of Jenkins' Ear
The bay at Gran Tarajal was used by both privateer expeditions to launch their attack on the island
Date
13 October and 24 November 1740
Location
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Result
Spanish victory
Belligerents
British Empire
Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
unknown
José Sánchez Umpiérrez
Units involved
British privateers
Local militia
Strength
100 - 350
unknown
Casualties and losses
most killed.
unknown
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War of Jenkins' Ear
Americas
Portobello
Fort Mosé
St. Augustine
Anson expedition
Cartagena de Indias
1st Santiago de Cuba
Panama
Georgia
Bloody Marsh
Gully Hole Creek
La Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Matina
2nd Santiago de Cuba
Brunswick
Havana
Europe
8 April 1740
Fuerteventura
Saint Tropez
Mataró and Palamós
Cape Sicié
Villafranca
Glorioso campaign
18 March 1748
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
The 1740 attacks on the island of Fuerteventura, also known as the Battles of El Cuchillete and Tamasite (Spanish: Batallas de El Cuchillete y Tamasite), by English privateers took place within a month of one another, and were both put down with little trouble by the island's militia. They coincided with the Anglo-Spanish war of 1739. Privateering by the British was common during this conflict and the attacks on Fuerteventura in 1740 can be seen as an extension of this period of discord between Britain and Spain.
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