Qualla: Battle of Roatan https://qualla.com/battle-of-roatan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Roatan https://qualla.com/battle-of-roatan Battle of Roatan: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-roatan/ Most people associate the American Revolution with Lexington, Yorktown, and the eastern seaboard. They do not think of a small Caribbean island forty miles off the coast of Honduras. But on March 16, 1782 -- five months after Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown -- Spanish cannons opened fire on two British forts guarding the harbor of New Port Royal on Roatan. The Battle of Roatan was a sideshow in a global conflict, yet it reshaped the colonial balance of power in Central America and determined the fate of hundreds of soldiers, civilians, and enslaved people stranded on an island that both empires wanted and neither could permanently hold.

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/4/f/t/battle-of-roatan-wp/d4ft-battle-of-roatan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Roatan: An Island Between Empires https://qualla.com/battle-of-roatan/ When Spain entered the American War of Independence in 1779, the contest in Central America intensified. Britain had logging settlements on the Yucatan coast -- what would become Belize -- and outposts along the Mosquito Coast. The Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala claimed m...

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/4/f/t/battle-of-roatan-wp/d4ft-battle-of-roatan-galvez-moves-south.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Roatan: Six Hours to Consider, Three Days to Fall https://qualla.com/battle-of-roatan/ The Spanish fleet arrived off Roatan at six in the morning on March 13. After a few ineffective cannon shots from shore, the ships anchored out of range. MacDonell, who spoke English, rowed in under a flag of truce to request surrender. The defenders asked for six hours to think ...

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