Battle of Bloody Marsh

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The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, helping secure British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bloody Marshes ⓘ
armedForcesType British regulars ⓘ
Native American allies of the British ⓘ
colonial militia ⓘ
associatedFortification Fort Frederica National Monument ⓘ
belligerent British colonial forces ⓘ
Spanish forces from Florida ⓘ
britishColonyInvolved Province of Georgia ⓘ
commander James Oglethorpe ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers on St. Simons Island ⓘ
conflict War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
conflictTheater Caribbean and southeastern North America ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
countryAtTime Great Britain ⓘ
date 1742-07-07 ⓘ
effect ended major Spanish offensive against Georgia ⓘ
secured British control of Georgia ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ
followedBy Spanish withdrawal from St. Simons Island ⓘ
heritageStatus listed historic site ⓘ
location Province of Georgia ⓘ
St. Simons Island, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: St. Simons Island
militaryTactic ambush in marshy terrain ⓘ
near Fort Frederica ⓘ
Frederica River ⓘ
notableCommanderFor Province of Georgia ⓘ
notableFor halting Spanish attempts to reclaim Georgia ⓘ
opposingForce Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
partOf War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
partOfCampaign Spanish invasion of Georgia (1742) ⓘ
precededBy Spanish landing on St. Simons Island ⓘ
presentDayJurisdiction Glynn County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDaySite Bloody Marsh Battle Site ⓘ
reasonForName named for the marshy battlefield ⓘ
relatedConflict Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
repulse of Spanish invasion of Georgia ⓘ
spanishBaseOfOperations St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
spanishColonyInvolved Spanish Florida ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOfBritain defense of Georgia colony ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOfSpain capture of Georgia ⓘ
terrain marshland ⓘ
year 1742 ⓘ

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War of Jenkins' Ear → hasPart → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → followedBy → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Marsh → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bloody Marshes ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bloody Marsh
Battle of Gully Hole Creek → followedBy → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → includesEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bloody Marsh
St. Simons Island → historicalEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bloody Marsh
Battle of Jenkins' Ear → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Bloody Marsh Battle Site → event → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Bloody Marsh Battle Site → significantEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ
Frederica River → nearEvent → Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ