From: Tcarahq@aol.com [mailto:Tcarahq@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 7:57 PM
To: jvc4321@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Gen. Bernardo de Galvez
A new book on Galvez will be published soon. It focuses on the support
received by the United States from Spain.
GÁLVEZ / SPAIN -- OUR FORGOTTEN ALLY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: A
CONCISE SUMMARY OF SPAIN'S ASSISTANCE,
by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr.
Without Spanish assistance during the American Revolutionary War, we would
still be under the British flag.
Galvez was always one step ahead of the English:
He drove the English out of the lower Mississippi River by
defeating them at Manchac, Baton Rouge & Natchez.
His Spanish army and militia defeated the English at St.
Louis.
His Spanish army and militia captured the British fort with a
warehouse of weapons, food and supplies at Niles, Michigan.
He led the attacks on Mobile and Pensacola and drove the
British from the Gulf coast.
Spain provided as much if not more financial support as France during the
American Revolutionary War.
Spanish soldiers fought the English in Europe, Central America, South Africa
and India.
On one day the Spanish fleet captured 55 British ships, including 8 war
ships, taking over 2,500 crewmen as prisoners, & seized over 1,500,000
English Pounds value of the cargo on those ships.
For fear of an attack from Spain and France, England kept the bulk of its
army and naval fleet at home, diluting the strength of its forces in North
America.
Spanish merchants supplied the colonists with arms, ammunition and supplies
as early as 1774.
17,000 Spanish troops and sailors fought the English in North America during
the war; many more than those provided by France.
Available in 2015. Watch for it!