Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1802). French Revolutionary Wars. Taking of Menorca. On November 7, 1798 a British contingent, under command of Lieutenant-general Sir Charles Stuart, landed in Adaya, in the municipality of Mercadal. After ten days of combat against a small Spanish military contingent commanded by Brigadier Juan Nepomuceno Quesada, the British took the island. Loss of Menorca. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

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