Western Design
The Western Design was an English expedition against the Spanish West Indies during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War.
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| Part of Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) | |||||||||
Oliver Cromwell; the Design was part of an ambitious plan to oust Spain from the Americas | |||||||||
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| Spain | Commonwealth | ||||||||
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| over 1,000 | |||||||||
Part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to end Spanish dominance in the Americas, the force was short of supplies and many of the men poorly trained. Leadership was split between Robert Venables, commander of land forces, and Admiral William Penn; the relationship between the two quickly broke down, and they regarded each other with distrust and suspicion. The attack on Hispaniola was a failure but the English then subsequently took Jamaica and claimed it for the English Commonwealth.
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