| Battle of La Guaira | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War of 1812 | |||||||
&sq=Pentagon&lang=en&file=File:Saratoga_vs_Rachel.jpg) Battle between Saratoga and Rachel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 United Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=Pentagon&lang=en&file=File:Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_(1795%E2%80%931818).svg){kind=small} Charles W. Wooster |
 Alexander | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 schooner | 1 brig | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 wounded 1 schooner damaged |
3 killed, 1 wounded, and 31 captured 1 brig captured | ||||||
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The Battle of La Guaira was a naval engagement fought in the Caribbean Sea on 11 December 1812 during the war between Britain and the United States. An American privateer captured a British letter of marque at the Spanish port of La Guaira in Venezuela.[1][2]
- ^ Maclay (1899), pp. 446–447.
- ^ "War of 1812: UK sources for Privateers". 1812privateers.org. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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