Capture of Saint Martin (1633)

Capture of Saint Martin
	Part of Eighty Years' War
	; Spanish capture of Saint Martin by Juan de la Corte (1597-1660), oil on canvas. Naval museum of Madrid
Date	25 June to 1 July 1633
Location	Saint Martin Dutch Antilles, Caribbean Sea18.028967°N 63.044733°W
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Jan Claeszoon van Campen	Lope de Hoces ; Marquess of Cadreita
Strength
140	24 men-of-war; 31 transports; 1300 men
Casualties and losses
3 ships captured ; 8 killed or wounded	26 killed or wounded

Part of the Eighty Years' War, the Capture of Saint Martin was a Spanish naval expedition against the island of Saint Martin, then occupied by the Dutch Republic. The island, claimed by Spain since Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the West Indies in 1493, lies a few hundred miles east of Puerto Rico. Its capture prevented Dutch privateers using it as a base for operations in the Caribbean.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.