Battle at The Village

Battle at The Village
	Part of the Gulf Coast campaign of the; American Revolutionary War
	; Detail from a 1776 map showing West Florida
Date	January 5-7, 1781
Location	The Village, West Florida; (present-day Daphne, Alabama)30°37′33.79″N 87°54′55.03″W
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Great Britain Waldeck; Choctaw;
Commanders and leaders
Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez; José de Ezpeleta y Galdeano;	John Campbell; Johann Ludwig Wilhelm von Hanxleden †; Philip Key; Robert Deans;
Strength
190 troops	180 regular troops and provincial militia; 420 Choctaw; 2 frigates; 1 bilander;
Casualties and losses
14 killed; 35 wounded or missing;	18 killed; 23 wounded;
	Daphne Location within modern-day North America

The Battle at The Village, also known as the Second Battle of Mobile, fought on January 7, 1781, was a failed British attempt to recapture a Spanish fortification at "The Village," during the American Revolutionary War. The attack was led by Waldecker Colonel Johann von Hanxleden who was killed in the attempt.

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