Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)

Battle of Baton Rouge
Part of the Western Theater of the American Revolutionary War
Detail from a 1776 map showing West Florida
Date September 12–21, 1779 Location Fort New Richmond, West Florida (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 30°27′00″N 91°08′00″W / 30.4500°N 91.1333°W / 30.4500; -91.1333 Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Great Britain Waldeck-Pyrmont
Commanders and leaders
Col. Bernardo de Gálvez	Lieut. Col. Alexander Dickson
Strength
>1,400(pre-engagement) ~400 regulars, ~400 militia (engagement estimate)	400 regulars 150 militia
Casualties and losses
9 killed 39 wounded[1]	4 killed 2 wounded 375 captured 30 later died of wounds in captivity[1]

The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into West Florida.