Battle of San Salvador (1641)

Battle of San Salvador (1641)
Date	August 1641
Location	Keelung, Taiwan
Result	Tactical victory for the Spanish; strategic victory for the Dutch; the Danshui fall to the Dutch sphere of influence;
Belligerents
Spanish East Indies	United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
	Gonzalo Portillo
Strength
40 Spanish soldiers, 18 Kapampangan soldiers and a company of Cagayanos	205 Dutch soldiers and 500 aboriginal warriors

The Battle of San Salvador (1641), also known as the First Battle of San Salvador, was an expedition launched by the Dutch and their aboriginal allies in Taiwan against the Spanish in 1641.

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