How a Sleeping Officer Saved Spain at Cartagena
Early Modern Period

How a Sleeping Officer Saved Spain at Cartagena

A British naval assault that should have been crushed by a vastly superior Spanish force in 1741 was saved not by tactics or heroism—but by one man's inability to stay awake at a crucial moment.

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CaribbeanColonial Americas18th CenturyMilitary DisastersBritish EmpireSpanish EmpireBlas de LezoEdward VernonSiege Warfare

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