Battle of Baton-Rouge
The battles of Baton-Rouge finishes the September 21st 1779 at the time of the Guerre of independence of the United States of America. Baton-Rouge is the second British place to fall to the hands from the Spain at the time of the incursion of Bernardo de Gálvez into the English territory of West Florida.
After the Prise of Fort Butts, Gálvez arrives at Baton-Rouge the September 20th and notes that it is about a fortified town occupied by 300 men of the regular army. Under the fire of the guns of the fort and not being able to expose its own artillery Gálvez orders a pretense by north, through the forest which encircles the city. The English turn their guns towards north and bombard this position massively, but the Spaniards hidden by the thick foliage have to deplore only three wounded. During this time the engineers and specialists in head office of Gálvez made dig Tranchée S and establish sure shelters for the guns which start to draw on the fort.
The British endure three hours of intensive ramming then go. The terms of the capitulation negotiated by Gálvez include/understand the rendering of the 80 men of Strong Panmure, today Natchez. This arrangement drives out all the British forces of the estuary of the the Mississippi, which puts this great inland waterway under allied control. A few days after the victory of Gálvez, of the American corsairs slip into water of the Lac Pontchartrain with its blessing and drive out some the British forces.
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