Battle at The Village
| Battle at The Village | |||||||
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| Part of the Gulf Coast campaign | |||||||
Detail from a 1776 map showing West Florida | |||||||
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| Spain | |||||||
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| 190 troops | |||||||
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Daphne Location within modern-day North America | |||||||
The Battle at The Village (also known as the Second Battle of Mobile) was fought on January 7, 1781. It was a failed British attempt to recapture a Spanish fortification at "The Village," during the American Revolutionary War. The attack was led by Waldecker Colonel Johann von Hanxleden who was killed in the attempt.