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Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)

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During the siege, the British garrison lost 59 killed and 149 wounded, French casualties amounting to some 1,600 dead and 2,000 wounded. Since Blakeney surrendered on terms, the surviving members of the garrison along with British civilians from the local administration, a total of 4,378 in all, were
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committee later set up to investigate the island's loss noted the poor state of its defences, with crumbling walls and rotten gun platforms, while over 35 senior officers were absent from their posts, including the governor of Fort St Philip, and the colonels of all four regiments in its garrison. In
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sent out to replace Byng, arrived off Menorca shortly after the surrender. As Hawke did not have enough troops on board to land and mount a siege to retake the island he departed, cruising in the waters off Marseilles for three months before sailing home. He was later criticised for failing to mount
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In contrast, the popular press portrayed Blakeney as a hero, the heavy drinking that left him with "a paralytick disorder" and "nervous tremors" being portrayed as the virtues of a simple soldier. His professional colleagues were far more critical; William Cunninghame, his chief engineer and deputy,
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on 10 April with transports carrying 16,000 troops and escorted by seventeen naval vessels; he reached Menorca on 18 April, occupied most of the island and then on 8 May began to bombard St. Philip's Castle. Informed of Richelieu's preparations in mid March, Blakeney had substantially strengthened
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on 20 May. Although the engagement has been described as a "minor cannonade", his retreat effectively sealed the fate of the garrison, and Blakeney surrendered on 29 June, two days after the besiegers captured several important outworks.
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transported to Gibraltar in French ships, arriving there on 11 July. In the inquiry that followed, Byng was condemned of failing "to do his utmost" and executed in March 1757 despite pleas for leniency, prompting French author
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his fortifications but the presence of numerous non-combatants, including over 800 women and children, meant the garrison would quickly run short of supplies.
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to join the war as their ally. In the event this proved not to be the case, as Ferdinand remained neutral until his death in 1759. Although the
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strongly objected to the surrender, which he considered premature, and listed numerous deficiencies in the conduct of the defence.
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addition, while Blakeney had a long and distinguished military career, by 1756 he was over 80 years old and suffering from
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Aware of the island's vulnerability, the French hoped its capture would provide them with a bargaining chip to persuade
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did not formally begin until France declared war on Britain on 9 June 1756, at the beginning of the year
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Attack and capture of Fort St. Philip on the island of Menorca, 29 June 1756, after the naval battle
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threatened the British naval position in the Western Mediterranean and it was returned after the
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to later write that the English "shoot an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others".
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of the island, which might have forced it to surrender through starvation.
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attempted to relieve the fort but withdrew after the largely indecisive
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and it was formally returned to them by Britain in the
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to prepare an expeditionary force to take the island.
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Index

Siege of Menorca
Invasion of Minorca
Seven Years' War

Fort St Philip
MahĂłn
Menorca
Mediterranean
39°51′54″N 04°18′18″E / 39.86500°N 4.30500°E / 39.86500; 4.30500
Great Britain
France
William Blakeney
Duke de Richelieu
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
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Seven Years' War
Lobositz
Reichenberg
Alt-Bunzlau
Prague
Siege of Prague
KolĂ­n
Gabel
Holitz
Domstadtl
Olomouc
Prussian Bohemia Incursion
Teplitz

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