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Author: Howard, Amy (ID633)
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Does grenade thrower mean mortar?
Does grenade thrower mean mortar?
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SA lost its first major battle in the War of the Spanish Succession
Date Created: 2023-10-12 20:56:17
Source: Situado and Sabana (ID 82)
Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID 32)
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As after the Chacato raid, the Apalaches volunteered to punish the perpetrators of the 5/20/1702 attack], this time with an army of 800. The St. Augustine junta de guerra supported the proposed campaign with some grenade throwers AN274 and 20 Spanish soldiers under Captain Francisco Romo de Uriza (Zuniga y Cerda, 1702). The joint expedition crossed into no-man's land in mid-October and made camp in a piney woods clearing near the Pedernales, or Flint River. As luck would have it, a second army of 400 well-armed Creeks under Captain Anthony Dodsworth was travelling south on the same road to raid exposed border towns for female slaves AN275. The Apalaches and espanoles were taken by surprise. Their mortars- offensive, siege-type weapons for breaching a palisade-were useless in a forest. AN276 The first major battle in the Southeastern theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was an English victory and a Spanish rout. (Bushnell SS)