Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida (ID122)
Author: TePaske, John J. (ID86)
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1740-07-20 - 1740-07-20
Oglethorpe withdrew
Sixteen days later on July 20 his artillerymen fired their last shot at San Marcos, and his entire force made its way back to Georgia and South Carolina. [Note 37: gov of FL to gov of Cuba 8/2/1740] For the second time in 40 years the English had failed to dislodge the Spaniards from their precarious foothold in Saint Augustine. Fort San Marcos had again proved invulnerable.
(Tepaske GSF)
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