Battle of Mobile (1781)

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Battle of Mobile
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date January 7, 1781 Location Mobile, Alabama Result Spanish victory
Combatants
Spain	Britain
Commanders
Lieutenant Castro	John Campbell
Strength
40 regulars 100 militia	350 regulars 420 natives and militia
Casualties
14 dead	100 dead, wounded, or captured

Gulf Coast campaigns
Fort Bute – Baton Rouge – Fort Charlotte – San Fernando – Fort San Juan – St. Louis – Mobile – Pensacola

The Battle of Mobile was part of a British counter-offensive aimed at recapturing the town of Mobile from the Spanish during the American Revolutionary War. On January 7, 1781, the British attack foundered before a coordinated Spanish defence.

Spanish authorities in Cuba, learning of the attack, dispatched additional forces to hold Mobile. The British, meanwhile, nursing heavy losses in men and officers, fled back to their main base at Pensacola. Spanish Field Marshal Bernardo de Gálvez captured this city later in the year, completing his reconquest of West Florida.