Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua

Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua
Part of Anglo-Spanish War (1761–1763)

Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, El Castillo
Date26 July – 3 August 1762
Location
El Castillo, present day Nicaragua
11°01′04″N 84°24′04″W / 11.01778°N 84.40111°W / 11.01778; -84.40111
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Great Britain Spain
Commanders and leaders
William Seethal Don Juan de Aguilar y Santa Cruz
Rafaela Herrera
Strength
2,000 100
Location of the battle. The largest of the lakes is Lake Nicaragua.

The battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua was one of several battles that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War, a subconflict of the Seven Years' War, which lasted from December 1761 until February 1763. The conflict, which took place in July–August 1762, began when William Lyttelton, the British governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica, sent a naval expedition to Nicaragua with the primary objective of capturing the town of Granada.

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