Regional1586

Battle of Cartagena, Colombia

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Colombia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Cartagena, Colombia (1586), part of the Drake's Caribbean Raids. England defeated Spain.

Belligerents2

England
Spain

ON THE MAPKingdom of EnglandSpanish Empire (Americas)

Conflict graph

PART OFDrake's Great Expedition (1585–1586)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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