Capture of Río Hondo

Capture of Hondo River
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date1779
Location
Hondo River, Belize
Result initial British victory, followed by the evacuation of British Honduras
Belligerents
Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Roberto Rivas Betancourt (es) unknown

The Capture of Río Hondo was the result of a Spanish military operation in the autumn of September 1779 against British settlements around the Hondo River in present-day Belize.

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