Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586)

Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586)
Part of the Anglo–Spanish War
Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena de Indias 1585. From a hand-colored engraving, by Baptista Boazio, 1589
Date 9–11 February 1586 Location Cartagena de Indias, New Kingdom of Granada (Present-day Colombia) 10°25′21″N 75°32′21″W / 10.4225°N 75.5392°W / 10.4225; -75.5392 Result English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Spain	England
Commanders and leaders
Gov Pedro de Bustos Pedro Vique Manrique	Francis Drake Christopher Carleill
Strength
900 soldiers & militia, 400 Indian allies, 2 galleys 1 galleass 300 sailors Various forts[1][3]	30 ships 2,300 soldiers & sailors[1]
Casualties and losses
300 killed wounded or captured, 2 galleys sunk 1 galleass captured 6 ships captured[4]	28 killed and 50 wounded 1 prize sunk[5]

The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586) or the Capture of Cartagena de Indias was a military and naval action fought on 9–11 February 1586, of the recently declared Anglo-Spanish War that resulted in the assault and capture by English soldiers and sailors of the Spanish colony city of Cartagena de Indias (now part of Colombia) governed by Pedro de Bustos on the Spanish Main. The English were led by Francis Drake. The raid was part of his Great Expedition to the Spanish New World. The English soldiers then occupied the city for over two months and captured much booty along with a ransom before departing on 12 April.^[2]