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Battle Of Santiago (1660)
The Battle of Santiago (1660) was an engagement between Dominican militia and French buccaneers. Conflict Pirates out of Tortuga attacked the Dominican town of Santiago de los Caballeros on March 27, 1660. Some 25 or 30 Spaniards were killed outright during their initial onslaught. After ransacking the town, they departed with a number of hostages on March 29, 1660. Several hundred Dominican militia cavalrymen had in the interim managed to rally from throughout the district, and prepared an ambush ahead of the French column. The leading two buccaneers were shot dead and a two-hour firefight ensued, before the Dominicans finally broke. See also * Battle of Sabana Real The Battle of Sabana Real (Spanish: ''Batalla de Sabana Real)'' took place on January 21, 1691. An army of 700 Dominican raiders and 2,600 militiamen aboard five warships of the Armada de Barlovento, circled and overwhelmed 1,000 French defenders ... * Dominican-French War References *{{Citation, title=Pirates o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago De Los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros (; '' en, James, son of Zebedee, Saint James of the Knights''), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the capital of Santiago Province (Dominican Republic), Santiago Province and the largest major metropolis in the Cibao region of the country, it is also the largest non-coastal metropolis in the Caribbean islands. The city has a total population of 1,173,015 inhabitants. Santiago is located approximately northwest of the capital Santo Domingo with an average altitude of 178 meters (584 ft). Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the Americas, European settlement in the New World, the city is the "first Santiago (other), Santiago of the Americas". Today it is one of the Dominican Republic's cultural, political, industrial and financial centers. Due to its location in the fertile Cibao Valley it has a robus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of New Spain
This is a list of Spanish flags, with illustrations. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Spain. National flags Royal standards Regional flags Provincial flags The provinces of A Coruña (province), La Corunna, Alicante (province), Alicante, Castellón (province), Castellón, Valencia (province), Valencia and Zamora (province), Zamora do not have a flag. File:Álava.svg, Álava File:Bandera provincia Albacete.svg, Albacete (province), Albacete File:No flag.svg, Alicante (province), Alicante (No Flag) File:Flag Almería Province.svg, Almería (province), Almería File:Flag of Asturias.svg, Asturias File:Bandera de la provincia de Ávila.svg, Ávila (province), Ávila File:Provincia de Badajoz - Bandera.svg, Badajoz (province), Badajoz File:Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg, Balearic Islands Flag of Barcelona (province).svg, Barcelona (province), Barcelona File:Provincia Burgos Flag.PNG, Burgos (province), Burgos File:Bandera de Cáceres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milita
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non- professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior- nobility class (e.g. knights or samurai). Generally unable to hold ground against regular forces, militias commonly support regular troops by skirmishing, holding fortifications, or conducting irregular warfare, instead of undertaking offensive campaigns by themselves. Local civilian laws often limit militias to serve only in their home region, and to serve only for a limited time; this further reduces their use in long military campaigns. Beginning in the late 20th century, some militias (in particular officially recognized and sanctioned militias of a government) act as professional forces, while still being "part-time" or "on-call" organizations. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
