Siege of St. Augustine (1740)

Siege of St. Augustine
Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear

Castillo de San Marcos
Date13 June–20 July 1740
Location
St. Augustine, Spanish Florida
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain Spain
Commanders and leaders
Gen. James Oglethorpe
Ahaya Secoffee
Cdre. Pearce		 Governor Manuel de Montiano
Strength
1,000 infantry
(Oglethorpe's Regiment, Georgia Provincials, South Carolina Provincials.)
900 sailors
1,200 warriors
56 cannons
5 frigates
3 sloops		 750 infantry
50 cannons
1 fort
6 small ships
Casualties and losses
122 killed
16 captured
14 deserted
56 artillery pieces captured
1 schooner captured		 Unknown

The siege of St. Augustine was a military engagement that took place during June–July 1740. It involved a British attack on the city of St. Augustine in Spanish Florida and was a part of the much larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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