On This Day
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
The Battle of Fort Mose (often called Bloody Mose, or Bloody Moosa at the time) was a significant action of the War of Jenkins’ Ear, which took place on June 26, 1740. Captain Antonio Salgado commanded a Spanish column of 300 regular troops, backed by the free black militia and allied Seminole warriors consisting of Indian auxiliaries. They stormed Fort Mose, a strategically crucial position[7] newly held by 170 British soldiers under Colonel John Palmer. This garrison had taken the fort as part of James Oglethorpe’s offensive to capture St. Augustine. Taken by surprise, the British garrison was virtually annihilated.[7] Colonel Palmer, three captains and three lieutenants were among the British troops killed in action.[6] The battle destroyed the fort. The Spanish did not rebuild it until 1752.[8][9]
Born On This Day
1893 – Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(d. 1989)
Dorothy Fuldheim (June 26, 1893 – November 3, 1989) was an American journalist and anchor, spending the majority of her career for The Cleveland Press and WEWS-TV, both based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fuldheim has a role in United States television news history; she is credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show. She has been referred to as the “First Lady of Television News.”[1]
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