Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Battle of St. Louis (Spanish San Luis, also known as the Battle of Fort San Carlos) was an unsuccessful British-led attack on St. Louis (a French settlement in Spanish Louisiana, founded on the west bank of the Mississippi after the Treaty of Paris (1763)) on May 26, 1780, during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1779–1783. A force composed primarily of Indians and led by a former British militia commander attacked the settlement. The settlement's defenders, mostly local militia under the command of Lieutenant Governor of Spanish Louisiana Fernando de Leyba, had fortified the town as best they could and successfully withstood the attack.A second simultaneous attack on the nearby American outpost at Cahokia (on the opposite bank of the Mississippi and technically in British-controlled territory), was also repulsed. The retreating Indians destroyed crops and took captive civilians outside the protected area. The British failure effectively ended their attempts to gain control of the Mississippi River during the war."@en }
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- Battle_of_St._Louis abstract "The Battle of St. Louis (Spanish San Luis, also known as the Battle of Fort San Carlos) was an unsuccessful British-led attack on St. Louis (a French settlement in Spanish Louisiana, founded on the west bank of the Mississippi after the Treaty of Paris (1763)) on May 26, 1780, during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1779–1783. A force composed primarily of Indians and led by a former British militia commander attacked the settlement. The settlement's defenders, mostly local militia under the command of Lieutenant Governor of Spanish Louisiana Fernando de Leyba, had fortified the town as best they could and successfully withstood the attack.A second simultaneous attack on the nearby American outpost at Cahokia (on the opposite bank of the Mississippi and technically in British-controlled territory), was also repulsed. The retreating Indians destroyed crops and took captive civilians outside the protected area. The British failure effectively ended their attempts to gain control of the Mississippi River during the war.".
- Q2729621 abstract "The Battle of St. Louis (Spanish San Luis, also known as the Battle of Fort San Carlos) was an unsuccessful British-led attack on St. Louis (a French settlement in Spanish Louisiana, founded on the west bank of the Mississippi after the Treaty of Paris (1763)) on May 26, 1780, during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1779–1783. A force composed primarily of Indians and led by a former British militia commander attacked the settlement. The settlement's defenders, mostly local militia under the command of Lieutenant Governor of Spanish Louisiana Fernando de Leyba, had fortified the town as best they could and successfully withstood the attack.A second simultaneous attack on the nearby American outpost at Cahokia (on the opposite bank of the Mississippi and technically in British-controlled territory), was also repulsed. The retreating Indians destroyed crops and took captive civilians outside the protected area. The British failure effectively ended their attempts to gain control of the Mississippi River during the war.".