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Raid on Puerto Caballos (1594)
The Raid on Puerto Caballos was a military event that took place during the Anglo–Spanish War where a small expedition of ships funded and raised by the Earl of Cumberland was sent to the Caribbean under command of Captain James Langton. At Puerto Caballos on the coast of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala in the New World empire of Spain on 16 March 1594, Langton raided the place and after a three-day battle won possession of seven ships under command of Diego Ramirez along with much booty.〔〔
==Background==
England's war with Spain had been going on for nearly ten years and Spanish colonies, warships and merchants were subject to attacks by English privateers. These were operated by joint stock ventures similar to the English Armada and one such expedition was raised by the Earl of Cumberland in late 1592. Led by Captain James Langton in the lead ship ''Anthony'' of 120 tons, the ''Pilgrim'' of 100 tons under Captain Francis Slingsby, and a pinnace ''Discovery'', they set sail from Plymouth, England in early 1593.〔
By August they had reached the Caribbean, refreshing for provisions at St Lucia and Martinique, taking a few prizes before raiding and overrunning Margarita Island on present day Venezuela and gaining 2000 ducats. Within the next seven months, Langton terrorized Spanish ports and merchant shipping including a two-month blockade of Hispaniola where Langton took nine Spanish prizes and penetrated inland to attack via the Soco River, ranches and sugar mills.〔 In February, he defeated two Spanish frigates near Pedernales, one of which he captured and used to add to his fleet; his other ship ''Pilgrim'' returned to England with some plunder, before heading to Puerto Caballos, which had been a target for privateers.〔〔
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