ORDER OF BATTLE // March 16, 1782
Battle of Roatán
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 600 estimated
Великобритания
600
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Roatán was fought on March 16, 1782, as part of the broader Anglo-Spanish War, which ran concurrent with the American War of Independence. The engagement centered on control of Roatán, an island off the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras, reflecting the wider contest between Britain and Spain for strategic position in the Caribbean and Central American littoral. Spanish commanders Matías de Gálvez, Gabriel Herbias, and Enrique MacDonell faced a British force under Edward Marcus Despard numbering approximately 600 men. The recorded outcome of the battle is not established in available sources, limiting assessment of its operational consequences within the campaign.
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