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The Battle of St. Louis, also known as the Attack on St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos, was fought on May 26, 1780, between British-allied Indians and defenders of the Franco-Spanish village of St. Louis, Louisiana (present-day U.S. state of Missouri) during the American Revolutionary War.
31 sty 2023 · The lynchpin of the plan was a simultaneous attack by over one thousand men against Spanish St. Louis and American Cahokia—attacks that were repelled by each town on May 26, 1780. Historian Stephen L. Kling, Jr., discusses the details of this little-known, yet important history of the Revolutionary War.
The objective of this force was Spanish-controlled St. Louis and American-held Cahokia, both rumored to be completely undefended. The attackers were to be directly supported by another force, which moved down the Illinois River from the present-day Chicago area to meet up at St. Louis.
On May 26, Hesse sent Jean-Marie Ducharme and 300 Indians across the river to attack Cahokia, while the remainder arrived around 1:00 pm near St. Louis. A warning shot was fired from the tower when they came into view.
10 lut 2014 · The force from the Upper Mississippi divided itself into two attacking groups, one aimed at St. Louis on the west side of the river and the other aimed at Cahokia on the east side and launched their assaults on May 26 th.
The Battle of St. Louis, the Attack on Cahokia and the American Revolution in the West, 2017. My new book published in 2017 covering the American Revolution in the West and in particular the British grand plan to sweep the Spanish and the Americans from the Mississippi River. See full PDF. download Download PDF.
21 maj 2017 · While coordinating several separate attacks, the centerpiece of the grand plan was the descent from the north by a huge British-led Native American contingent upon St. Louis and Cahokia, which...
