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Battle of Fort San Carlos,
St. Louis, Missouri
The American Revolution

The Spanish militias from surrounding villages were called in to
St. Louis in May of 1780 to help defend the town from an attack by a
British force of 1200 Canadians and Native Americans.

The Spanish militia participated in the battle on
May 26, 1780 under the command
of Spanish Lt. Govenor Fernando de Leyba.

The Spanish force of 29 regulars and 281 militia was successful
in driving off the attacking force.

This prevented the British from occupying Upper
Louisiana and the Upper Mississippi River.

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