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The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
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Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)
Battle of the Anglo-Spanish War
The siege of Santo Domingo was fought between April 23, 1655 and April 30, 1655, at the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 2,400 Spanish troops led by Governor Don Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba successfully resisted a force of 13,120 soldiers led by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
War between the English Protectorate, under Oliver Cromwell, and Spain
The Anglo-Spanish War was fought between England and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side attacking the other's commercial and colonial interests in various ways, such as privateering and naval…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)