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Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)
1655Apr, 23

The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.

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 General Robert Venables and 34 ships under Admiral Sir William Penn

of the English Commonwealth.

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