An American history . new col-ony. War began in 1739- 204. The SecondAttack on St. Augus-tine. Thirty-five yearshad passed since thefailure of the Caro-linians to take (section 190). Oglethorpe was eager to accom-plish what had then proved impossible, and the Carolinianswere also ready to try again. The attempt was made underOglethorpes lead in 1740, but was not successful. Subse-quently there was bitter contention as to who was to is a matter of debate to this day. 205. Third Spanish Invasion. Oglethorpes most brilHantexploit took place in 1742. In that year the Spaniard
An American history . new col-ony. War began in 1739- 204. The SecondAttack on St. Augus-tine. Thirty-five yearshad passed since thefailure of the Caro-linians to take (section 190). Oglethorpe was eager to accom-plish what had then proved impossible, and the Carolinianswere also ready to try again. The attempt was made underOglethorpes lead in 1740, but was not successful. Subse-quently there was bitter contention as to who was to is a matter of debate to this day. 205. Third Spanish Invasion. Oglethorpes most brilHantexploit took place in 1742. In that year the Spaniards madetheir third important attack upon English America.^ Afleet which has been described as comprising fifty one sail appeared off the coast of Georgia, while an army of some fivethousand men advanced to sweep the English into the sea. Tooppose these forces Oglethorpe had less than a thousand men, 1 Counting the destruction of Stuart Town (section 141) as the first and thesiege of Charleston (section 195) the JOHN WESLEY PREACHING TO THE INDIANS 136 AMERICAN HISTORY all told, and no ships worth mentioning. This small armyhe concentrated at Frederica, where he fought a brilliantcampaign that ended in the retreat of the invaders. Neveragain did they return in force to harass the Americans. m. COLLAPSE OF THE SPANISH POWER 206. King Georges War. The empire was at war withSpain from 1739 to 1744 and with Spain and France togetherfrom 1744 to 1748. In Europe this long struggle is knownchiefly as the War of the Austrian Succession, because ascheme to divide Austria was one of the issues upon whichall Europe took sides. Americans call it King Georges the course of it the power of Spain was entirely brokenand England established herself as the first naval power inthe world. Spanish commerce for a time almost disappearedfrom the seas. In one year six hundred Spanish ships strucktheir flags. Admiral Anson sailed round the world, plunder-ing and destroying Spaniards in a
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