"The British Invade Nicaragua: The San Juan Expedition" Topic

"According to Andrew Jackson O' Shaughnessy, the San Juan Expedition was among "the most ambitious enterprises of the American Revolutionary War."[1] In 1779, after Spain's formal entry into the war, the British aimed at striking Spanish interests in Central America. They would invade by first securing control of the San Juan River in present-day Nicaragua. Their operation sought to protect against attack the most popular overland route through Central America to the Pacific Ocean. The San Juan River was conveniently situated in the middle of New Spain, the Spanish Empire in the Americas. The British plan, if successful, would split the Spanish Empire in two. The construction of forts along this route would be used to invade surrounding territory and plunder the wealth of the Spanish empire.[2] British invasions into Central and South America would eventually, Whitehall hoped, put pressure on Spain to make peace and exit the war.[3]

The conflict in the Caribbean produced an entirely different war than the American Revolution's northern and southern theaters and the conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains, albeit one that is still part of the overall American War for Independence. Fighting in the West Indies was not between dissatisfied, rebellious provincials pitted against their former King and country. The revolution in the West Indies was fought between empires.[4] And yet there is far less literature about the conflict in the West Indies compared to other aspects of the American Revolution, and the San Juan Expedition is barely mentioned…"
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More scope for some Pensacola figures!

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The American Loyalist units involved in the invasion had several regiments of South Carolina POWs. These had joined the British in part to avoid the nasty prison conditions.
One clause in their contract indicated that they would be used against French and Spanish troops but not American. Was the clause respected?
One author I lied that SC recruits would be hardy for tropical deployment and less affected by disease. It did not work as they died quickly.

Could these formations have been more effective in Florida?

Thanks!.

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