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Battle of Santo Domingo (1586)

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Boazio Sir Francis Drake in Santo Domingo
Boazio Sir Francis Drake in Santo Domingo

The Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) or the Capture of Santo Domingo was a military and naval action fought on 1 January 1586, of the recently declared Anglo-Spanish War that resulted in the assault and capture by English soldiers and sailors of the Spanish city of Santo Domingo governed by Cristóbal de Ovalle on the Spanish island of Hispaniola. The English were led by Francis Drake and was part of his Great Expedition to raid the Spanish New World in a kind of preemptive strike.: BC  The English soldiers then occupied the city for over a month and captured much booty along with a 25,000 ducat ransom before departing on 1 February.

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Battle of Santo Domingo (1586)
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Paseo Padre Billini
10210 Santo Domingo
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
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Boazio Sir Francis Drake in Santo Domingo
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