Battle of Cartagena de Indias 1741 - Anglo-Spanish War DOCUMENTARY

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The new Kings and Generals animated historical documentary will cover the Battle of Cartagena de Indias fought in 1741 between Spain and Great Britain during the War of Jenkins' Ear, also called the Asiento War. This colonial battle was crucial for the fates of the New World and influenced the upcoming change in alliances in Europe.
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[@lalruatdikavarte7943]

In 42 seconds 😊😊

[@realgamer1099]

Love your video Pls Make a video over Recapture Tunis 1574 and Ottoman - Safvid war 1578-1590 pls

[@nenenindonu]

K&G make a video about the baideng war between the xiongnus and chinese its an interesting war which includes a wolf trap 🐺😎

[@realgamer1099]

Pls Make a video over recapure Tunis 1574 and Ottoman - Safavid war 1578-1590

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Great vid pls do one on the old less well known wars etc greek sand romans less known

[@dra1212]

Vernon wrote to Lezo: " we are retreating to Jamaica to reinforce, and we will come back soon to Cartagena." Lezo's response: " to come back to Cartagena, the king of England needs to build another fleet, this one is only able to carry coal from Ireland to London."

[@ravindarkambient7183]

Now, THAT must have stung XD

[@alvinlin8140]

dra1212 I don’t get it

[@Jayako12]

Alvin Lin, it is what actually happened

[@alvinlin8140]

Jayako Warszajan Hertz yeah but I don’t get the humor

[@Jayako12]

Why do Britons hate Blas de Lezo so much? He was one of the most important contributors to the UK underwater research!

[@manueljoaquindelsagradocor4681]

Im mestizo from argentina and im proud to the bone to have spanish blood running Through my vains viva la madre patria y don Blas de lezo

[@guillermodelavega34]

La Hispanidad es fusion de razas. Somos UNO

[@howardstern8720]

Same here

[@Nonamelol.]

@@guillermodelavega34 La hispanidad es blanquitos. Siempre sido y siempre sera.

[@paulleverton9569]

How much shame do you feel for Diego Maradona? The drug cheat, hand-ball cheat, worst Argentinian (since your rulers provided a haven for fugitive Nazis). And blood flows through VEINS, Vain means conceited, narcissistic or useless.

[@samuelcid1726]

Un dia somos junto, una grande y libre. Viva la patria, viva los países latinos. Viva la tierra española

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

Love spanish catholic brothers from Croatia ❤

[@jscm6744]

♥️🇪🇦

[@carloscanal1198]

Cheers from Spain, I was 3 years ago in Croatia, Very nice land and cool people.

[@juangarb]

😉👍🏻

[@landerpaneraarteagabeitia8647]

Croatian light cavalry, one of the best in Europe for decades!

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

@@scintillam_dei catholicism is the true way, from first leader Peter, that's why so many people hate Catholics. Because we are true Church.

[@barbiquearea]

Blas de Lezo: “This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow”

[@fernandogarcia3957]

Those movies are the Pseudo-historical trash we´ve been fed. Reality was far different...

[@deumevet]

@@fernandogarcia3957 potraying pirates as some kind of excentric friendly adventurers when in fact they were scum, that used to pillage sack and rape. Like vikings

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

@@deumevet exactly

[@deumevet]

@Sasuke Uchiha what a dumb response.

[@noobalert8011]

@@deumevet and all the big naval powers back then where happily selling slaves

[@sebastianbravo5028]

You start the documentary with "The South Sea Company" and I already know that this will end badly for the British.

[@LeSethX]

It was Walpole!

[@Aviationlord7742]

LeSethX *I understood that reference*

[@AtemerusRhayli]

Walpole is involved too, remember what the guys in ExtraCredits say BLAME WALPOLE

[@victorhugothomaz3480]

All because of the sharp minded John Blunt

[@owo5869]

Love large scale ponzi scheme

[@Jayako12]

Why do Britons hate Blas de Lezo so much? He was one of the most important contributors to the UK underwater research!

[@unpseudopascommelesautres997]

Wonderful

[@noela4957]

Impresionante

[@landerpaneraarteagabeitia8647]

Amazing!

[@pathosofmine]

AJAJAJA

[@Souliban]

@Just Getting By he died in Spain right?

[@dra1212]

The English minted coins commemorating their "victory" at Cartagena. We can see some of this coins in museums in Spain.

[@su_morenito_1948]

dra1212 they were medals not coins. And yeah there’s lots of them

[@JohnnyElRed]

@Yotecai Luz The English do that all the time with their history. Many countries tend to lie about their past, but never to the level of the British.

[@nathansellars3757]

@@JohnnyElRed because winners get to write their own history and losers celebrate some poxy medals in madrid

[@2x2leax]

@@nathansellars3757 Hahahahahahaha

[@charlescook5542]

@@REX-kb5cg eh im guessing most of the losses were to disease not actual combat, so still incompetent planning but let's not pretend arrows won over cannons

[@maragatomarchadaki6196]

interesting detail: the nights before the british tried to take the fort with ladders, de Lezo send soldiers to dig a pit around the wall and to camouflage it, so the day when they attacked, they set the ladders and they realized they were a bit short xD

[@andresmora5192]

The Royal Navy was defeated multiple times by the Spanish Navy, but History omits it. Francis Drake, was defeated in Veracruz in the battle of San Juan de Ulua in 1568. The Invincible English, invasion fleet sent by Elizabeth I to defeat to the Spanish navy, was defeated by Spain and its navy in 1589. Edward Vernon was defeated in Cartagenas De Indias by Blas de Lezo in 1741. Horacio Nelson, the great victor of Trafalgar, was defeated in Tenerife, Spain, 25 of July of 1797. Before the Royal Navy was the owner of the seas, its predecessor was the Spanish Navy, who dominated the seas and made Spain the first global empire in world history, and also has the merit of discovering the American continent. (America is a Continent not a country). PLUS ULTRA

[@relampagocomando6383]

...second global empire in history...

[@herr_rudolf]

SEMPER FIDELIS 🇪🇦 PLVS VLTRA

[@0LMG]

PLVS ULTRA!

[@mrbrainbob5320]

*the Americas

[@happygilmore1844]

The Vikings had discovered North American continent WAYY before the Spanish were even a mention, not to mention responsible for most Expansionist morale by the English which also made them have superior war ship capability..yes the Spanish did exceptionally well at looting south american indigenous peoples coffers and claiming territories in the new world (while not having colonies) and naming coming back with tales of the fountain of youth and such...soo just because you wont accept the new found information as the new doctrine doesnt mean the rest of the world doesnt have to. The spanish owed much of its naval warfare to Moorish invaders and prior to that the Romans and Carthaginians who were completely erased from the earth by the Romans (first genocide in history?!)

[@dosantosbojan]

FINALLY THE BATTLE ERASED FROM HISTORY BY THE BRITISH!!

[@su_morenito_1948]

Jedem Das Seine the Spaniards? Most of the people commenting down here are Colombians,lol,specially from Cartagena.

[@dosantosbojan]

​@Jedem Das Seine Actually, it was erased by George II of Great Britain, he promulgated a edict of law were nobody could write upon the Battle of Cartagena de Indias under threat of death pen; obviously, at the end, it was not possible to erased it totally. You must know that, in England, they were already celebrating "their victory" and they even minted money with Blas de Lezo knelt before Vernon... Imagine the King of England's reaction to it... All the coins made for the occasion were retired (you can find some in Military Museums and in private collections) and the news were censored. "It's not taught in British schools" you said... hahaha In the Spanish ones neither... "The Spaniards in these comments are evidencing a very severe inferiority complex, which is quite unbefitting of them" Well the British comments are usually too prideful, same as how they generally teach and learn their past... "there are plenty of books you can read about it" Give me bibliography and references; documentaries or films too... upon the most humiliating military defeat of Great Britain.

[@dosantosbojan]

@@su_morenito_1948 Colombia didn't even exist at that time my friend... It was the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

[@Altrantis]

Oh, no, they do that a lot, this is not *THE* battle they erased from history. And then Americans, who make movies, buy into that cause they only speak English.

[@JohnnyElRed]

Honestly, the British tend to erase many things from history. They are very good at that.

[@mrwylli]

I am disappointed with how the battle is treated: The whole event is described from the English point of view and with a strong emphasis on good progress and advances from English troops and an emphasis on miseries from Spaniards: defeat, panic, retreat... After watching this video you would just think it's a normal battle where the English were close to the victory and they performed ok, the Spaniards performed poorly or "ok-ish" (no mention to their good performance in the whole thing) and that's it, no further mention to how huge the fleet was or how victory coins were minted by the British. I think it's a pity how the whole video looks like a justification of the British defeat and an attempt to remove as much merit as possible from Spanish military genius De Lezo. If this battle would be Nelson defending a port against Napoleon invading fleet, then we would see a totally different treatment. So, disappointing.

[@trollinape2697]

@@scintillam_dei I mean Spain did bring deseases

[@Sofus.]

Yes that video is trying too hard to entertain a primarily English influenced audience, that I am comfortable with it.

[@pjd6977]

Ahhh yes the well know and respected Spanish navy

[@RichardJohnson1969]

@@xeopi It does though

[@esaulr.775]

Si ha visto usted el reportaje de este canal sobre la batalla de Lepanto, el narrador se pone en varias ocasiones de parte del turco, enemigo de Europa entera!! La conclusión es clara: este personaje es un anti-español.

[@ftr1453]

Brief summary: a campaign caused by British piracy, smuggling and ambition, which had to search for a ridiculous casus belli and which ended when a landing fleet larger than the famous 1588 Armada had to retreat before forces much less in number. The best symbol of Vernon's arrogance was that he sent out that warning of having conquered Cartagena before accomplish it. As we say in Spain: he sold the bear's skin before hunting it.

[@PalleRasmussen]

To be fair, most British campaigns in the 17th and 18th century were started by that. As were most of Portugal's in the Indian Ocean in the 16th

[@nathansellars3757]

I think sickness and disease made them retreat more than anything the Spanish did....I mean all they did before that point was run away and scittle their ships

[@kimok4716]

@@nathansellars3757 It was their plan all along, to delay the english long enough for diseases to cripple their army and force a retreat.

[@nunciosidereo4070]

@@nathansellars3757 that's not entirely fair. Disease affected english and spanish people in the same way. Vernon counted on these by taking more men with them.

[@charlynegezze8536]

What were the British smuggling?

[@kumisz2]

Blas de Lezo is criminally underrated

[@larrymccoy5394]

The most Underated Historic Person for Hollywood movie. I thinking in Javier Bardem for Lezo . The name of the movie Damned Lezo. Admiral Vernon Liam Neeson

[@zamirroa]

Álvaro de Bazán too

[@alvaro4867]

Most pf the great Spanish commanders are criminally underrated. A running theory is that it’s due to “Black Legend” against Spain, but I think the explanation is very simple. The Culture right now is dominated by the US, the US is an anglo country and therefore they tend to represent the anglo view of history. So everybody knows Drake, Nelson and the Duke of Wellington but nobody knows the Duke of Alba, Juan de Austria, Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba or Blas de Lezo, despite their military exploits being just as impressive.

[@rafaelcuevas3209]

In all pirates movies, the pirate capitain is always desguised as Blas de Lezo.

[@jmmh1313]

@@alvaro4867 honestly, i was gonna try to disguise my feelings as critical historiography but i think that would be disingenuous, so I'm just gonna go right ahead and say that drake was a disgusting human being whose most important achievements were crimes of war. He does not deserve to be remembered.

[@Tonypikmin]

Another one of those relatively unknown British defeats, and a sounding loss it was.

[@nunciosidereo4070]

@@TheColombiano89 that's not exact. The english fleet was massive but not the biggest toll D day

[@stevshaboba7476]

Gallipoli

[@Delogros]

@@TheColombiano89 Wait wait... " yes the ships that would be in a literal line firing at other ships" A ship of the line is a larger warship normally carrying between 64-90 guns, so just with that your own numbers show the British didn't have 188 ships of the line, 2,000 guns/188 ships is like 11 guns per ship... Actual British fleet consisted of 29 Ships of the line, 22 Frigates, 71 Sloops, 2 hospital ships, 80 troops transport ships and 50 merchant ships... Add to all of this even in the Napoleonic wars when the Royal navy was at the height of it's power she didn't have 188 ships of the line but topped out at 152.

[@alvar534]

@@TheColombiano89 remember the counterarmada in 1589. Another crushing defeat for the english at the hands of the spaniards

[@nilocaballero4798]

Españoles e Hispanoamericanos,hoy nos toca disfrutar del episodio.

[@donleondevillafana7615]

Saludos desde la Ciudad de México en la Nueva España!!!

[@lulakacontreras3520]

Llevo años esperando esta batalla.

[@hernanmauriciocadavidvera1138]

Al igual que los americanos. Saludos desde Santa Fe de Bogota en la Nueva Granada.

[@MiguelLopez-yc2rh]

El episodio estuvo bastante bien pero se nota que esta algo `britanizado´. Se olvidaron de decir muchas cosas.

[@carlose9856]

@@MiguelLopez-yc2rh Eso me ha parecido a mi también, solo hablan de bajas al final. Hubo varios intentos creo en la toma de San Lazaro etc.. Un saludo desde Madrid

[@stevengomez7490]

As a colombian, I encourage you to visit the fortress of San Felipe in Cartagena as well as the still standing sections of the city wall. From the top of the fortress you can really imagine how this siege played out.

[@maxdembo2029]

Steven Gómez great city!

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

PLUS ULTRA

[@nixonhoover2]

Can I get some colombian hookers and cocaine while there?

[@juantellez7521]

@meder ja,ja, poor idiot , many hundred thousands of Europeans, yankees, Canadians, Australians, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabs, Iranian , Jews tourists visited this Colombian city per year, many of them , very rich and important people, also many celebrities and gossip stars like Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro, Franco Nero, bud Spencer, Terrence hill, Susan sarandon, Eva longoria, Marissa tomei, vin diesel, will smith, tom cruise, Mel Gibson , Charlie sheen, chuck Norris and many other visited this Colombian city , heritage cultural site of the UNESCO , one of the most important and first European on the continent of America, it was also prior to the European arrival, one of the site of the important and rich gold native american culture and chieftains and agricultural high levelled of the zenus, people who created vast irrigation canal zones across the Caribbean region of Colombian from thousand years of the arrival of the Spaniards conquerors and settlers and colonizers , Cartagena of indies also is a touristic important place for millions of Colombian and Latin-American tourists, in fact also important people like Charles Lindbergh flew on his famous plane spirit of saint Louis to this Colombian city and others in his tour to south America and also the president of united states , Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited this magical city when he meet the president of colombia olaya herrera, also George Busch father, George Busch junior, bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, barak obama, Michael j pence, and the ex-former British prime minister , john major, visited and liked this colourful ,diverse, pretty, beautiful and magical Colombian, Latin-American and global cultural heritage city, if you are a red neck who never exit or went outside of your little town or city or county in the us, maybe if you are today young and poor , living in a camp or mobile house , you can enrol by yourself on the marines corps or in the army or in the navy or air force and go to travel and learn about the world that is outside of the borders, you can improve your factual culture and social intelligence,, grown your experience about the richnesses, wonders of this world call earth , destroy your prejudices and ignorance and mature a little more, of course if you are not a moron, trumpist moron or folk with bigotry and lack of perspective of the complexities, contradictions and different ways and manners on life, historically Cartagena of west indies was an important geostrategical cultural, commercial and urban centre that it was attacked and sacked by European pirates and European corsairs enemies of Spain and Catholicism like French Huguenots, Dutch, English , for example Francis drake captured this city and also Morgan attacked this city, those raids were made by European colonial antagonists of Spain on the 16, 17 centuries ......

[@juantellez7521]

@meder LOL, poor idiot, i m also a people from European ancestry, my mother visited and studied in London in 1972-1974, she was scientist, my sister studied English in London in 1988, my father lived abroad , on new york from 1951 to 1958, me, i visited and lived on USA on 1980, 1984 and i studied and lived in australia and new Zealand on 2008-2010, i have English relatives and friends, one cousin of mine is English, their daughters and son are English, stupid count, i studied on a French school on 1970s and 1980s, i have family with European and north american citizenship, my aunts travelled, many, many times to Europe , Canada, USA, japan,. australia , south Africa, you don t know nothing colombia or Latin-American world , my father travelled many times to Canada , relatives of my people had studied in English universities, i have friends who studied and graduated from English and continental universities, my mother worked for united nations, Merck on 1970s and dea and CIA on 1980s, stupid scumbag if you want talk about prejudice think yourself first, i don t argue about the safety or high standard of life of the countries of the first world or industrialized word, of course is not the same to talking about the issues and big challenges and inequalities, injustices and political, socio-economical, racial, cultural , juridical, criminal, violent divergences, troubles , issues of the countries of the third world or underdeveloped states and nations , formerly ex-colonized counties ravaged by the colonialism and imperialism of big Europeans powers who attacked, conquered, exploited, enslaved and destroyed many societies, countries, cultures, people , civilizations across the globe, first all all ignorant dude, you must understand that not all things and peoples and societies across the nations of Latin-American civilization are the same, Latin America is very rich in material and resources and that was the reason of the military and pirate expeditions of the Europeans and also all them , with their strategies of division, manipulation and neocolonialism, second , Europe only was rich after this conquest of the world from the 1500 DC, before it was a poorest land of ignorant people like you, third , you must to know that many colombi9ans are people from European Caucasian ancestry like many others Latin-Americans because after the conquest of this lands by the Europeans and the slavery and slaughter of the native Americans, many thousands , hundred of thousands of settlers, peasantry, militaries, clergy, tradesmen leaved Spain and Portugal and settled here, also Italians, catholic Germans, Turkish,Syrians, Lebanese, Hebrews, Arabs and also millions of African slaves, after the independence of these countries on 19 century, millions of poorest Europeans from England, France, Poland , Russia,Italy, Germany, Croatia , japan, china,Turkish empire, India, Ceilan travelled and settled in Latin America on 19 and 20 centuries in argentina, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Cuba, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico , stupid scumbag i don t care about you and is my only reply to a stupid British ordinary subject , i am not a subject of a kingdom , i am a citizen of a divided and of course underdeveloped country but not poor because my country and my people are so rich and needed but the capitalist and economical rulers of the world, the British, European, global elites of yesterday, today and tomorrow but not the ordinary folks like that the created wars , empires and global agendas of domination and exploitation and mass killing because they needed the lands, natural resources and markets and material economical sources for the economies and societies of poorest people from their nations and cultures on Europe,m people who mass murder between themselves on many wars and people who migrated to other lands on the world in search of prosperity, freedom and economical advantages that they do n t haver on they native homelands, me i m here on my beautiful and cruel and yes, violent, predatory and contradictory land, nation, homeland of many different and opposite cultures, races, socioeconomic classes , and guilds , and collective groups, races, ethnicities, regional and local cultures , because is my land and of course i do not compare London, Beijing, new york, la Mecca , Istanbul, Athens, the Cairo , Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul, new Delhi with my country and the capital of my country, is absurd, is not the same to be born in a civilized, sovereign and developed country , nation, culture that to be born in a country who conquered, enslaved, colonized and reborn after all those things, but to be born in a country developed or to be born like British of race or ethnicity is only a matter of luck, not of qualities of you or someone else, nobody take a decision about where he will be born of from Wath race , culture, historical, political, social background, cultural heritage, biological race , ethnicity, culture he will take when he will be born, is only a matter of good or bad luck, i do not to think that all English ordinary people , individuals, groups are the same and take the same answers to same questions because that is absurd, all people and individuals on world and earth and countries like yours or mine are diverse,rich, different, with their own interest, ideals, agendas, duties, tragedies, fights and ignorance and wisdom and hopes, all them are humans......

[@familiasotonunez5223]

What I learned from this battle: - Numbers don't win battles, MEN do - De Lezo missing one eye, one hand and one leg was too much for Vernon and his arrogance - English until this day try to avoid admitting defeats like this - Not a single school in spanish speaking countries teach this amazing victory full of epic and heroism

[@zacha4812]

British not English, and I am aware of defeats like this or the battle of the Somme.

[@redhausser7492]

Tbf, many schools don't have the time to dwell on the belic history of the colony. In latin american, often history subject in school spans from the Inca/Aztec empires to the recent history (think 2010) in like 3-4 years, and many have to compete with civic education in the same subject. So, while important, warfare losses terrain vs stuff like political history, social structure, origin of stuff like the law and government development, and economic history.

[@VladiSSius]

800 vs 22000 casualties Yep, just like Total War's automatic battles

[@jorgeigualbonilla9998]

800+ 1200 if you count wounded, but still GG UK XD

[@Jayako12]

The end of the siege is imprecise. The attack to Saint Lazaro's Castle failed because Admiral Blas de Lezo ordered to dig a trench around the wall. This caused the British siege ladders to not reach the top of the walls, but the Britons realised it when they had already ordered the attack. The following morning, the Spaniards charged against the English troops motivated by the recent victory. The retreat to the boats was ordered then. Vernon stayed one more month firing to both the City and the Castle, causing almost no damage and wasting all the munition. It is also curious the messages Vernon and Blas de Lezo exchanged during that month. The Spanish troops rebuilt all the siege defences through the jungle and another disembarking was impossible. He had to retreat to rebuild his navy, sinking a lot of his own ships to prevent them from falling into Spanish hands, as his heavy losses made impossible its manoeuvre.

[@jackbharucha1475]

The ladder thing sounds why they failed at the Battle of New Orleans.

[@Jayako12]

Jack bharucha, building trenches is always worth it ;)

[@simarrosaurio]

This is the comment I was looking for. Thanks!

[@Jayako12]

AlvarezCrack, but the viceroy was not in the castle but in the city, I think so at least. But building trenches was actually the most common strategy. Nothing special...

[@martinguerra5152]

This might be their worst video

[@kntrsh]

The english counter armada (1589) was even a way more brutal disaster - 11,000-15,000 casualties and 40 ships sunk Another chapter that anglocentric historians have usually dismissed...

[@Delogros]

Not really, 1 ship is not equal to any other ship. the English in 1589 lost relatively few Galleons (ships of the line equivalent) due in part to only having 6 to start with (The Spanish had 22 in 1588) - at the battle in the video the British lost 6 Ships of the line and 17 heavily damaged while with the Armada the bulk of the ship losses where replaceable. This was therefore materialistically a much bigger disaster and about the same in loss of life... It's an arguable point is all I'm sayin :)

[@larrymccoy5394]

@@Delogros Only bad weather destroyed Spanish Armada, in case of English Counter Armada was different they lost battle

[@larrymccoy5394]

Losers

[@Delogros]

@@larrymccoy5394 Whether I agree with that or not is immaterial to the point that's being argued here, the size of the disaster is not based on how material and manpower is lost in the slightest :S

[@diogobarata6346]

Delogros You do realize after the counter armada of 1589 england entered into a huge crisis (from which they could have never recovered from). There was a huge investment on the campaign that failed. Some historians have argued that had the english invested just a bit more money there would have been no british empire in the future.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

Esta batalla de Cartagena de Indias, 1741, va para la colección de victorias navales de España. -1372. Batalla de La Rochelle. Castilla destruye 48 barcos ingleses, sin perder ningún barco. -1380. La flota de Castilla ataca todo el sur de Inglaterra, destruyendo 13 ciudades. -1381. La flota de Castilla derrota a una flota de Inglaterra y Portugal, capturando 22 barcos. -1419. La flota de Castilla derrota a los holandeses y alemanes, capturando 40 barcos. -1535. La flota española destruye 70 barcos turcos en la batalla de Túnez. -1543. La flota española captura 23 barcos franceses en la Batalla de Muros. -1571. La "OTAN" española en Italia, dirigida por España, destruye 200 barcos turcos en la Batalla de Lepanto. -1573. España captura una flota de guerra holandesa de 23 barcos. -1582. La flota española, con 25 barcos, derrota a una flota portuguesa y francesa de 60 barcos y conquista las islas Azores. -1585. Los españoles destruyen 100 barcos holandeses en los Países Bajos. -1589. La armada española destruye la invencible flota inglesa, Drake, que pierde 40 barcos en batalla (sin tormentas, como en 1588, donde los ingleses solo destruyeron 6 barcos españoles en combate) -1591. Batalla de Almería. España captura 23 barcos holandeses e ingleses. -1592. Batalla de Vizcaya. 5 barcos españoles derrotan a 40 barcos ingleses. -1595. Desembarco español en Inglaterra, destruyendo 4 barcos ingleses. -1596. Las 5 derrotas de Drake en el Caribe. El muere alli -1597. España derrota en el Atlántico a la gran flota inglesa y holandesa, de 180 barcos ingleses y holandeses. -1625. La flota española derrota a los holandeses en Brasil. España destruye 62 barcos ingleses y holandeses en la batalla de Cádiz. -1625. La flota española invade Génova, derrotando a los franceses. -1625. España derrota a una flota inglesa y holandesa de 62 barcos en Cádiz. -1629. España derrota a Inglaterra y Francia en la batalla de San Cristóbal, Caribe, destruyendo o capturando 14 barcos. -1641. La flota española derrota duramente a la flota francesa en Tarragona -1717. Conquista española de Cerdeña, contra Austria. -1726. España captura cientos de buques de guerra ingleses y barcos comerciales en el Caribe. -1741. BATALLA DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS. España destruye 50 barcos ingleses. -1734. La flota española invade Italia, y derrota al imperio de Austria. -1779. La flota española bloquea Inglaterra y captura una flota británica de 55 buques de guerra. -1780. La flota española captura una flota de 24 buques de guerra británicos. -1782. La flota española invade Menorca, derrotando a Inglaterra. -1782. La flota española invade las Bahamas, derrotando a Inglaterra. -1797. España derrota a la flota inglesa en Puerto Rico. -1797. España derrota a la flota inglesa de Nelson en Cádiz. -1797. España vuelve a vencer a Nelson en Cádiz. -1797. Tenerife. La flota de invasión de Nelson es derrotada. -La flota española de Indias realizó 1200 viajes entre América y España, en 300 años. Los ingleses solo capturaron 2 flotas, en puerto y sin declaración de guerra. Los holandeses capturaron 2 flotas. 0,5%. Esa flota hizo la hispanización de América y Filipinas, la revolución del mercado en Asia y sacó a Europa de la era feudal. La globalización. -1848. Expedición Balanguingui, Filipinas. España destruye 150 barcos piratas. -1862. La flota española invade la República Dominicana, en el Caribe. -1862. La flota española y francesa (70% española) invade Vietnam. -1898. Cuba. 3 barcos españoles capturan un barco de Estados Unidos. -1898. Batalla de Cárdenas. España derrota a Estados Unidos. -1925. Desembarco de Al Hoceima. España y Francia invaden Marruecos.

[@david-mw8ov]

Ahora entiendo como los ingleses se hicieron tan buenos marineros, ganaron tanta experiencia perdiendo que finalmente no habia mas formas en las que podian ser derrotados que ya no sabian. Basicamente, los españoles ganaron demasiado.

[@jereferreira5086]

​@@david-mw8ovLa calidad de sus mujeres, el sabor de sus comidas y la bondad de su clima hicieron de los ingleses los mejores marineros del mundo

[@eddifabricio3750]

@@jereferreira5086 🤣🤣🤣 Y faltó su gran sentido del humor...

[@johnericberlin4640]

Britain: WE RULE THE WA- Spain: I AM FOUR PARALLEL UNIVERSES AHEAD OF YOU

[@sausagejockyGaming]

what? Britain was still far more powerful? even with losing ships our navy was still far superior? the spanish won because of disease? not because of themselves.

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

Still several times as powerful

[@MiguelGarcia-si8qi]

@@sausagejockyGaming that's some serious bullcrap you have there

[@MiguelGarcia-si8qi]

@johnnie anon dude, if you don't know about the history of a nation, the rational and intelligent thing would be not to talk about it.

[@sreuropa8150]

@johnnie anon yeah, let's pretend that an army as big as that one can lose against such an small force only because of disease. You are like little kids: when you win, it's because of your own merits. When you lose, it's because of some external event and not because of the enemies' merits. Stop this nationalist pride self-defense operation,please.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Royal Navy: RULE BRITANNIA, BRI- Spanish Navy: *NO.*

[@preussen4983]

also Spain: *GLORIA LA PATRIA*

[@Krispoksjendksls]

*Santiago y cierra España*

[@sausagejockyGaming]

have you not watched the video? the spanish navy was destroyed? disease won the battle for spain not the spanish.

[@MiguelGarcia-si8qi]

@@sausagejockyGaming dude, you are simply delusional. The attackers had ten times the men, and almost ten times the warships, a massive advantage in firepower and material. Disease was as bad for the defenders as for the attackers, the only thing that defeated the british was the insurmountable arrogance of Vernon and the fighting retreat implemented by Lezo all across the bay

[@sausagejockyGaming]

@@MiguelGarcia-si8qi lol somebody clearly cant do math.

[@MrAlexkyra]

I feel glad that I got to visit Cartagena and see the old city and intact fortress Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas and learn about its history. It's a very beautiful city and I recommend visiting it if the opportunity is there.

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

I hope to visit it soon, as well as La Habana. Greetings from Spain.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

5:37 "British sent a fleet commanded by Admiral Haddock." I can only imagine the amount of cussing and variety of swearwords said admiral had.

[@GarfieldRex]

Glad Tintin wasn't on the ship.

[@hagrid1123]

Lol

[@PF777]

"Todo buen español debería mear siempre mirando a Inglaterra" - Blas de Lezo

[@Johan_t]

A Francia*

[@PF777]

@@Johan_t Francia y España son naciones hermanas que te guste o no.

[@ethandrake5380]

@@PF777 how

[@culiogarciarobledo1933]

Amén

[@adriancampos8640]

@@PF777 Más primas que otra cosa. Portugal es más hermana.

[@mirmidonxoox8352]

Honor and Glory Blas de Lezo Long live Spain✊👊🇪🇸🇪🇺

[@AntiFurry927]

EU 🇪🇺🤮🤮🤮 🇺🇸🇪🇸💪💪🎖️🪖

[@Itachi951000]

WTF?! I've never heard of this before hahaha. That's pretty major. So the English do not just pretend to suffer from amnesia when it comes to their defeats against the French. That's the case with defeats against Spain as well 😂

[@Delogros]

Why are the British going to remember a Spanish victory, surely that's Spain's job, it's also worth pointing out the English had 62 battles just against Scotland... Expecting every British person to know about every victory and defeat throughout the entirety of the Islands history is a bit silly don't you think?

[@Itachi951000]

@@Delogros I said absolutely nothing about remembering everything. That's a strawman. Everyone in Europe remembers major defeats they have had at the hands of their historic rivals, not just victories...... everyone but the English haha. Example: The English spend their time talking about Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt and the superiority of longbowmen in the Hundred Years' War.... a war they have lost and one of the most important wars in both english and french history... but be honest.... were you taught about the battles of Patay, Formigny and Castillon in history class? I doubt that's the case with the circle-jerk I see about chivalry dying at Agincourt. The superiority of longbows over heavy cavalry wouldn't even be a thing if you knew what french knights did to your longbowmen. To illustrate what I mean. If the French were taught history the way you are, we would remember Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstedt and Friedland in the Napoleonic Wars but somehow not Trafalgar, Leipzig and Waterloo. Hilarious, right?

[@Delogros]

@@Itachi951000 Yeah you did :S " So the English do not just pretend to suffer from amnesia when it comes to their defeats against the French. That's the case with defeats against Spain as well" heavily suggests for some reason the English should remember all this stuff. You obviously know very little about the English in general, less then 4% know about Poitiers and 9% about Crecy only Agincourt is well known and that's because of SHAKESPEARE. Are you under some strange impression English people don't know we lost the 100 years war? :S "were you taught about the battles of Patay, Formigny and Castillon in history class?" of course not, but I also wasn't taught about Crecy, Agincourt, Poiters or Waterloo either, your point is nonsensical :S "the circle-jerk I see about chivalry dying at Agincourt." Again, Shakespeare, you've chosen like the worst possible example you possible could... We weren't taught about Trafalagar either, We learned about WW1 and WW2 mainly which in case you've forgotten include defeats at Singapore, Gallipoli and Norway... The only battles the British won I remember spending any time on is the battle of Britain, battle of the Atlantic and El Alemein... You need to seriously rethink how the history education system works in the UK because it's not even close to what you think it is.

[@Delogros]

@@Itachi951000 Oh, D-day as well, obviously :) the Somme I don't really count as a victory.

[@lunadevalencia1]

Contra España han tenido muchas mas derrotas....que alegrias,y generalmente con menos fuerzas.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Drake died in the 1597 Battle of San Juan. He was reported as died "Of a tropical disease" by the british. Yeah, cannonfire from tropical San Juan, Puerto Rico. Admiral Hemmings died on that battle too and was buried at sea in front of San Juan. When Drake died from the wounds 10 days after the battle, they lied instead of admitting 2 of their greatest navy admirals died and Brittish lost on an invasion of a Spanish City.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

Doctor 1: He died of disease. Doctor 2: name of disease Doctor1: cannon to the abdomen

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

@@alejandroojeda1572 Lead Poisoning by the 70 cannons of El Morro Fortress. Even at night, they got decimated.

[@jscm6744]

The life of Blas de Lezo (the Half Man) needs a video

[@bypyros1933]

Vernon and Blas de Lezo were rivals. They already knew each other and wrote letters. They were quite polite to each other. A famous quote is when Vernon told him his retreat was temporary and that he would come back with reinforcements. Lezo answered: To come to Cartagena it is necessary for the King of England to build another larger squad, because this has only been left to drive coal from Ireland to London, which would have been better than undertaking a conquest that you cannot achieve. I'd like to see the siege of the fort Mose or the battle of Cagayan. Also the invasion of Japan by the mongol empire.

[@poinocomer4588]

Im certain they do have a video on the mongol invasion of japan

[@bypyros1933]

@@poinocomer4588 really?, great.

[@kasmosis]

Forgot to mention the Spanish spies misinformed the British attackers on the ground. The significance of the size, just how huge this British invasion force was, it was the biggest until up til the modern era. Also didn't mention the medals the British had minted in advance of Vernon's campaign victory. lol. All in all it was a complete disaster for England, no wonder they don't mention it which is a pity this isn't mentioned much or hardly outside of Colombia. Argh Spain, such epic history needs to be told! Blaz De Lesso's legendary life would make for an epic Hollywood movie. This war would make for an awesome movie as well !

[@martinguerra5152]

They forgot to mention many things... A very anglocentrist view. I'm not even Spanish and it bothers me

[@javtruji]

I have an anecdote when i was in cartagena years ago, all the people that you ask said that they belong one of this coins /medals obviously wasn't posible because all was sent to England.

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

there are ba few of this forbident medallions in de Museo de la Armada de Madrid

[@javtruji]

​@@martinguerra5152was not only a win from Spain it was a win from whole Hispanidad, I don't know where you are but for you name you must be song of the Hispanidad which make as brothers and sisters.

[@javtruji]

@@TheColombiano89 viva Colombia, viva España y viva la hispanidad.

[@GarfieldRex]

I felt this video was too short and unfocused on the ground defense. Missed a lot of things compared to the wiki page in Spanish. And English.

[@JohnnyElRed]

Yeah. It surprised me how they basically didn't mention anything about the Spanish strategy for the defense, but mentioned all kind of details of the English strategy.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Yeah, tons of English POV in here, almost none from the Spanish.

[@DarthPlato]

As I like to say -- History is written by the English.

[@martinguerra5152]

Yeah... To anglo centrist. No mention either of the Spaniards harassing the brits guided by natives

[@belgebelgravia100]

@@DarthPlato Or perhaps it was due to the people who made the Wikipedia entry not being able to translate Spanish sources, and understand their strategy? I mean we don't even know if the people who made the page were English, they could be Americans for all we know. Oh BTW that history is written by the English is bullshit, I mean how many times do you hear about the Battle of Yorktown, in the American Revolutionary War, than the South Carolinan front of the War, or Gandhi's peaceful independence movement, compared to the actual conquest of India, which isn't taught in the English curriculum, at all.

[@GraphicalAdri]

This episode really need a remade, it just felt flat. I like that it explains the backstory that lead to the battle, but the absolute lack of details in the actual battle, especialy on the spanish side and the fact that Blas de Lezo, wich is a legend of an admiral is only mention twice in short sentences. Heck no! its like talking of Horatio Nelson and only telling his name, rank and death Plus other detail like that the british have to burn their own ships on the shore because of the sheer ammount of losses they coudn't crew all the ship they had

[@SpanishDio]

The Biggest *Oof* the Royal Navy has Ever Had.

[@DanielWW2]

No, that would be the Raid on the Medway, followed by the massive Four Days' Battle 1666 and of course the entire 3th Anglo-Dutch war being failure after failure. Getting beaten is one thing, but getting beaten while possessing more, heavier and nominally more powerful ships, time after time again, yea that is one big oof.

[@SpanishDio]

@@TheColombiano89 Right.

[@5thMilitia]

The dutch want to know your location

[@5thMilitia]

@@michaelcarney6280 ?

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

It was also the biggest nava invasion in history after WWII D-Day. Hoo! What a victory for Spain and Blas de Lezo!

[@jorgegomezgutierrez9196]

¡¡¡Viva Don Blas de Blezo y Olavarrieta!!! Y larga vida a todas las Españas.

[@taio1388]

Let’s not forget to mention the British minted coins commemorating the “British Victory” at Cartagena :)

[@larrymccoy5394]

As a commonwealth citizen, What Disaster and completly humilliation for Anglosaxon World... Many of us learnt bad History and fake UK news. Spain won many battles.

[@condedooku9750]

@@larrymccoy5394 I am glad to see someone from the Commonwealth who simply accepts that the Anglo-Saxon world has lost many battles against the Hispanic world, Cartagena de Indias is one of the most famous, but there have been many other equally disastrous battles for the Anglo-Saxon world, of course the The Hispanic world has also suffered great defeats, but we accept them as part of our history and we do not hide them, anyway thanks for your sincerity friend, greetings from Spain.

[@jatorresh]

cringe

[@garciamorenomanuelmg]

Recuerda españa que tú registe el Imperio de los mares 🌊 🇪🇸

[@barbiquearea]

"One eye, one hand and one leg" would be a sick nickname for a pirate.

The surname of Lezo was "half man". It was not for the size...

[@aceous99]

one ball

[@Alex-ul3eu]

aceous99 maybe one ball, but made of brass

[@tinkywinky1238]

This guy ate the pirates for breakfast.

[@cseijifja]

"one eye, one hand , one leg and 3 balls" was the spanish version for lezo

[@Wolvenmoth]

I think it was Lezo that said: "Every good Spaniard pisses in the direction of England" (Don`t quote me on that I need to check but I am fairly certain)

[@happygilmore1844]

Ahhh the pesty jealousy

[@Wolvenmoth]

@@happygilmore1844 sorry?

[@delarkaBCN]

i tot bon català té un retrat de felip V capgirat a la comuna

[@thelifesampler]

@@happygilmore1844 to be jelous of britain is a joke. Im peruvian I have a world wonder in my country, the arquitectonical and enginering masterpiece called Machu Picchu and many beatiful cities made or remade by Spain here which are by the way world heritage monuments. Jealous of Britain? LOL

[@stevshaboba7476]

And yet here you are smacking talking the British in their own language the irony is not lost.

[@mav333]

A historic battle. You could make one hell of a movie from this. A peg legged one-eyed Spanish Admiral facing off against the largest fleet the Royal Navy had set sail since D-day against a small detachment of Spanish and indigenous tribes with a handful of ships. Had the British won Latin America would speak English today and be called Anglo-America....

[@Delogros]

Not particularly likely, the British had no such military force large enough to send to Latin America that was heavily garrisoned, though they might have taken a territory here and there.

[@cseijifja]

There is already anglo america , the us and canada mostly.

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

Fun fact: a few years ago, the Royal Navy published a survey to decide the name of one of its new ships. The users of a forum called Forocoches conspired for the name to be "Blas de Lezo". Evidently, the Royal Navy was forced to suspend the survey.

[@Delogros]

Unlikely a thing suspect someone april fooled you but if it where true then people should have really learnt from "boaty Mcboatface" by now

[@user-hj1dc2wp7v]

@@Delogros It was that same survey, but they didn't suspend it, they just removed the option to vote for Blas de Lezo.

[@Delogros]

@@user-hj1dc2wp7v But that wasn't technically a Royal navy poll, that was the NERC which is why the actual ship the PRS, though you could make the argument it was the merchant marine but the two organizations are still not the same and that's where the bulk of my confusion with your comment came from, seemed to me you where suggesting this was for a warship or a proper fleet auxiliary :) all cleared up now though and yes for the David Attenbourgh you are entirely demonstrably correct as I just checked :)

[@0LMG]

TWO WORDS: «EL GLORIOSO»

[@MrGabiiiii94]

Bro you didn't mention the fact that the british already had coins minted with the surrender of cartagena hahah

[@gonzalorecio2298]

The funniest thing is that people here in Spain don't know who Blas de Lezo is. Neither they paid too much attention to him when he was alive, we don't even know where he was buried. I think it would be cool if you explore the full career of Lezo in a video, he is one of the most regarded Spanish admirals.

[@thelifesampler]

People in Spain dont care about their country , history and their heroes which is sad because they were great and Im not even spaniard.

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

I am from Spain and I have been in Cartagena de Indias, so Blas de Lezo has been rediscobered in recent years. Is very tipicall spain to forget his heroes. And I must say that Blas is a remembered hero by Cartagenians and Colombians as well!

[@gonzalorecio2298]

@@thelifesampler Yeah, I totally agree with you. I'm Spaniard and I have kinda the same feeling, I think its mainly because we have partly believed what was told about us (all covered in the Spanish Black Legend) and because the general public here thinks that after the defeat of the Armada Invencible we stopped having relevance in International affairs

[@VRichardsn]

And it is truly a shame. Love them or hate them, the Brits do it right by honouring their heroes. Nelson is known by everybody, and has prominent monuments and places of honor dedicated to him. Spain, on the other hand...

[@sanher20]

They don't even teach anything about this battle in schools in Colombia, most people don't even know this battle ever occurred.

[@abcdef27669]

19:03 - "You Say Run" starts to play. Spanish soldiers: "Hey, Brits, do you hear that? Going beyond! Plus Ultra!"

[@Jayako12]

YEEEEEES, all Spaniards were waiting this moment

[@delarkaBCN]

not really xD just the castilians

[@omarlopez8893]

@@delarkaBCN Que pena que das, pobre amargado. ¿Es muy chungo eso de ser sodomizado y al mismo tiempo creerte superior?

[@su_morenito_1948]

Francesc del Arca Why though? Navarre(Euskalerria),Galicia,etc still kept their fueron intact. So maybe it’s only the Catalans,Aragonese,Valencians,and majorcans who weren’t waiting this moment.

[@Manutez2009]

@@delarkaBCN I'm from Valencia and I'm very proud of our victory in Cartagena, so deal with it

[@joancosta4918]

@@delarkaBCN I don't think so, Blas de Lezo was vasque like a lot of sailors of the Spanish Armada and catalonian industry sold threir products in America

[@kuroazrem5376]

I´m colombian (where Cartagena currently is), and I´m ashamed I didn´t know about this; When I visited the city, they told us some stories, but never with this depth. Thanks you for the amazing work.

[@JimmyPX]

Y aun así omiten y tergiversan unas cuantas cosas. Pero la vdd el video está bien

[@rhernando100]

According to the video, the causes of the English disaster in Cartegena de Indias were: • Diseases that apparently only affected the English. • The lack of appropriate information, which delayed the attack. • And the poor coordination between the British commanders. According to the video, the defense of the Spanish garrison had very little to do with it. Not just because they were outnumbered 8 to 1. But they also panicked in front of tall, strong, blond, handsome, well-organized, smart and brave British soldiers. So they spent the entire attack fleeing from one fort to another. I understand that this video is made for the British public, but it is tremendously biased and does not do the story justice at all.

[@Delogros]

1) The Garrison was a garrison it had been there for a while so most of it had become resilient to the local diseases, in the time of Coronavirus I would have hoped you would know that :S. 2) In any victory or defeat there are always large numbers of contributing factors, not sure why some of them being pointed out is making you so made :S. 25% of the English fleet was already sick when it arrived so technically it's already 6 to 1 which when you have fortifications (if they are half decent) is normally perfectly defensible, ask the knights of St John on Malta, of the British in the great siege of Gibraltar if fortifications still confuse you. Time stamp the video please for the the panicked part, also when you have multiple forts you tend to shift your forces where you think they are needed this is nothing new in siege warfare. In the same way the SPanish invasion of Portugal in 1762 where the Spanish lost 25,000 men compared to the Anglo-Portuguese 1,600 men (few forts involved) had little to do with combat... If you want to pretend the garrison inflicted most of the casualties or some version like that when it is demonstrably untrue then we should also revise the 1762 invasion as well. Large armies tend to become diseased, again this is nothing new.

[@cseijifja]

@@Delogros wich is something the spanish knew, and they played for it, the siegue was lost due to the spanish saliiying out and sendind the british back to their ships, and inmediatly refortifiying the entire place, the british had nothing to do but just scutttle what they coudlnt take and run.

[@Delogros]

@@cseijifja When the bulk of your forces have died of desiese to the point there is no chance you can realistically take a fortified position then sure, there is then little point in hanging around, The Spanish themselves learned this many times of there own history but it's still not an impressive siege in any way at all, holding a defensive position is not an impressive military feat in and of itself unless something miraculous occurs.

[@guillermodelavega34]

Ha dado en el clavo. You hit the nail on the head. This video is mere English propaganda. It's pathetic and highly biased. Sheer manipulation.

[@argentinianshikikan6561]

a detail: the british colony militia was comanded by the Brother of Washington, Lawrance

[@Ramoncandamo]

If he was in the service of the British Admiral Edward Vernon, and in his honor decided to call Mount Vernon the plantation he had in Virginia.

[@locusamoenus831]

It was a good video, though I missed some of the most important details and actions that really happened there. For instance, it is not mentioned that Vernon ordered some coins be forged in commemoration of the battle (before the eventual result obviously). In them, Blas de Lezo kneels down before Vernon, in a sign of humiliation, and gives him the keys of Cartagena. This of course became a humiliation, not for Blas or the Spaniards, but for the English. Another detail that was not included was the way the Spanish militia defended the city. They put up tramps, holes and trenches in every forest, road or pathway that the British were to pass; they digged down the perimeter in front of the fortresses so that the ladders of the assaulting troops could not reach the top; locals misguided the British troops into tramps; there was a final charge of the Spanish garrison that routed the marines and made the ground army and the fleet flee from the battle and retreat to Jamaica; there was a constant barrage from the canons at Cartagena and other coastal castles that decimated most of the English fleet. Lastly, while retreating, Vernon sent a message to Blas de Lezo, telling him that they were retreating back to Jamaica and would come again and stronger the next time, to which Blas replied: "if you are to come again, the English king will have to build a fleet even bigger than this one, because now yours is only able to transport coal from England to Ireland." Again, it was a nice video, but the lack of details and the supposed responsibility of the defeat laying on misinformation on the whereabouts of the French fleet and the spread of diseases, rather than on the total lack of competence from Vernon, does not reflect an accurate version of the battle.

[@locusamoenus831]

@Jedem Das Seine it is indeed since it was ordered directly by Blas de Lezo. Not using the advantage the terrains and the locals gives you would be a real nonsense, wouldn't it? And of course, diseases decimated a big part of the British army, but not most of it. Neglecting the rest of casualties, where they from fighting or accidents, is not honest in my opinion

[@su_morenito_1948]

Jedem Das Seine Disease affected both sides,Lezo himself died of it. And yeah,Lezo’s plan was literally try to survive until it was April(the raining season) and to let the disease do the joh

[@2x2leax]

He also don't mention that both casualities were because yellow fever epidemia that happened during the battle.

[@nunciosidereo4070]

@Jedem Das Seine it was a good tactic for Vernon, it seems he wasn t ready for that.

[@hitsugayatoshiro9517]

@Jedem Das Seine and majority napoleon soldier die because of winter

[@juanchetedelapena473]

I am glad the siege of 2 months of Cartagena was covered, as a Spanish I love to see historical battles in relation with Spain which are not even known by the great majority of the Spanish citizens, it also would be great to see a video or a brief biography of admiral Blas de Lezo, being one day of the few generals at the time in Spain without belonging to the aristocracy, achieving it through loosing one leg at 16, one arm at 20 and one eye at 23, showing courage and military prouwess in the process

[@juanchetedelapena473]

* to be more exact he didn’t loose the arm but it’s mobility by a bullet in the battlefield

[@ShidaiTaino]

As a Spaniard*

[@Danielrodriguez-eh2sc]

Resumiendo, los Españoles solo sabían huir y retirarse, y los ingleses eran todos muy valientes e inteligentes, pero enfermaron y tuvieron que retirarse, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Me meo , 🤣🤣 Posdata: ahora resulta, que los que saqueaban y pirateaban eran los Españoles , los ingleses nunca han pirateado ni robado barcos , que buen trabajo has hecho chaval, 😘

[@rataxv20]

Más aún los españoles saqueaban en mares y tierras españolas xD que huevones estos que dicen eso, y peor los que se lo creen, los españoles tenían los huevos más grandes de todas las dimensiones, para un español era mejor la muerte a la deshonra.

[@nomecreona3829]

Al parecer los 50 barcos ingleses que se hundieron lo hicieron también por las enfermedades :O)

[@lanocheoscura1995]

Son super mentirosos, arrogantes e incapaces de contar la verdad.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

Internet y KZbin es un progreso, respecto a la educación histórica que nos daban en el colegio, sobre batallas ganadas: "Ganamos la batalla de Las navas de Tolosa 1212, Lepanto 1571 y la guerra contra Napoleón 1814, y perdimos la Invencible 1588 y Trafalgar" 1805". Ahora sabemos que después de 1588, ganamos en 1589, por paliza a los ingleses, hundiendo 80 barcos. Y que después de 1805, ganamos a los británicos en Argentina y Uruguay 1806-07, capturando a los generales británicos, además de derrotar a Nelson 3 veces en 1797, y Cartagena de Indias 1741, hundiendo 50 barcos, más el bloqueo naval de Inglaterra 1779-80, capturando 80 barcos británicos, o la victoria en Cádiz 1625, hundiendo 62 barcos ingleses y holandeses, o la la batalla de La Rochelle 1372, hundiendo 48 barcos ingleses. ¡Pero no quiero abusar, que me vengo arriba!

[@blitcut9712]

Two fun facts: The well known song "Rule, Brittania!" was written during this war after the victory at Porto Bello. Quite ironic considering how the war ended. George Washington's older half-brother served during this war. He then named his home after the British admiral which is why it's called Mount Vernon.

[@zacha4812]

It’s called mount vernon, not mount Vermont, I think you made a spelling mistake.

[@davsalda]

Blaz De Lezo argued with the Spanish viceroy regarding the defense of the city, just like the British army argued with admiral Vernon regarding the attack.

[@jesseberg3271]

Interesting fact, one of the colonial officers along on the expedition was so impressed with Admiral Vernon that when he went home to Virginia, he named his plantation after him. When the officer died childless, he left the plantation to his younger brother, George Washington. Mt. Vernon, the Washington family estate, was named after Old Grog.

[@VRichardsn]

Seems he was too easy to impress...

[@berjastkjuklingur1914]

Thanks for that, I had no idea.

[@jesseberg3271]

@@berjastkjuklingur1914 Laurence Washington was a minor figure in the history of both nations, and he's notable only because of his famous Admiral and his much more famous little brother. He was only one of many Infantry Captains at the battle of Cartagena de Indias, and I'm not surprised that @Kings and Generals didn't mention him.

[@nicolasmogollon9253]

It'll be great if you make a video about the defenses strategy. The video makes looks like the victory was due to the climate, deceases and failures of command from the English.

[@0LMG]

Siempre buscando excusas estos británicos, les enncanta mentir y piratear.

[@luiscabrera7600]

Y esta parte de la historia no la conocemos bien en los paises hispanos.

[@Merry19ss]

Hay gran parte de la Historia del Imperio Español que no saben y nunca creo lo sabrán por la forma que cuanta la historia distorsionada La historia Negra es lo que se cuenta en Hispanoamérica, no la verdad de la historia del Imperio Español, primer imperio Global Occidental y del mundo,lo bueno de internet es que hoy en día ,las personas que quieren saber la historia como fue busca y se informa sin esperar de los libros del gobierno.

[@RockForever105]

Blas de Lezo was the real MVP

[@lucasarce8823]

Lo único que tengo que decir es ¡VIVA ESPAÑA!🇪🇸 Saludos desde el virreinato del Río de la Plata, y parafraseando a Blas de leso, todo hispano de bien debe siempre mear en dirección a Inglaterra

[@yanalbertoagudelo9687]

Wow, never thought this battle would be covered. One of my favorite to read about.

[@happygilmore1844]

I bet

[@santiagovisci2899]

The race of ''El glorioso'' would be a great video too...

[@santiagovisci2899]

@@Jayako12 jajaja probably, but, what victory around 300 years ago could be considered no exagerated... you know what i mean?

[@rubencuadros7174]

@@Jayako12 What sources?

[@ultimosdefensoresdeeuropa8400]

Por los datos de sus santos cojones

[@Jayako12]

I got confused with the capture of the "Stanhope", sorry

[@santiagovisci2899]

Bueno señores tampoco desquiciarse jajajaja. El hombre ha dicho que se ha equivocado pero lo que dice es bastante cierto. Es muy habitual que se exagere en algunas historias, incluso a día de hoy ciertos momentos de guerras ,incluso más cercanas a nuestro tiempo, permanecen con cierto velo de duda referido a sus características por las fuentes. Las cuales pueden diferir enormemente entre unas u otras o que solamente existe una fuente. Incluso en este video, no se explica que a pesar de la grandeza de Lezo, es cierto que el Virrey (o eso está en disputa por historiadores) también participó activamente y tuvo buenas ideas durante la defensa de Cartagena de Indias. Aún así, y aunque este algo exagerado, porque siempre es una posibilidad, la carrera de El Glorioso, me parece una magnífica historia con la que hacer un muy buen video de Kings And Generals. Un saludo.

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

5:50 Robert Walpole So uh, will the South Sea Company be a subject of a future video? 😁

[@KingsandGenerals]

We have this idea to make a few on various "companies", but that is just an idea at this point.

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

@@KingsandGenerals I'm sure it will be of high quality like all of your vids if you decide to do so. Thanks for replying K&G!

[@timodermatt5100]

@@KingsandGenerals make a video on the VOC (Dutch East-India Company). That could certainly be interesting. Especially looking at their skirmishes with the Portuguese over supremacy in Indonesia, or perhaps their monopoly on Japanese trade or the genocide committed by Jan Pieterszoon Coen in order to acquire a monopoly on a certain type of spice.

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

@Klaidi Rubiku it was Walpole

[@markhenley3097]

@@KingsandGenerals You should do both the English and Dutch East Indies Companies. All Extra History fans know about Robert Walpole of course.

[@amger3067]

you guys are seriously one of the best history channels out there, thank you!

[@lanocheoscura1995]

Shitty report wrote as a glorious propaganda.

[@MarkDavidKnight]

Thanks for keeping us entertained and informed in this difficult time!

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Fun fact: George Washingtons older brother Lawrence Washington fought in this battle.

[@hitsugayatoshiro9517]

Fun fact: first city in USA to free salvery is in spanish florida

[@rataxv20]

@@hitsugayatoshiro9517 cause in Spain the slavery was banned in 1512 by the law of free men( hombres libres)

[@nadierelevante]

Very pleased with you coverng such an important and relevant event in the colonial theatre. And i'll add a quote from the Admiral Blas de Lezo himself that reflects his character towards the englishmen: "Every good spaniard has to pee looking towards England".

[@su_morenito_1948]

Jedem Das Seine was it particularly relevant? Well yes certainly it would’ve changed the results of thewar of the Austrian succession if Spain lost since she would be bankrupted. Also Vernon would’ve certainly not stopped at Cartagena. He would’ve raided the whole Spanish Main if he won so yeah it’s a bit important

[@nadierelevante]

@Jedem Das Seine As said in the video it delayed the fall of the spanish colonies from the grasp of the mainland for another century, and prevent the switch of hegemony in the American Theatre fron Spain to Britain. Cartagena de Indias was one of the most important if not the most important node in the central/south american region for Spain.

[@happygilmore1844]

So sad...even in 2020 the Spaniards still pee in outhouses

[@happygilmore1844]

Hows the drama in spain going ? You know between north and south?

[@j.manuelp.vicens3888]

As a Spaniard I am enjoying this video.

[@DeVirMagician]

This video is awfully omitting the best of this battle. You mentioned the ladders but you did not mention how the Spanish infiltrated the British pretending to surrender but misinformed the British and how blas de lezo dig holes in front of the walls because he realized they measured the walls to create ladders. Those ladders proved short later to the surprise of the British, that were massacred with that simple wit. They also created intricated zig zag holes that made advancement really hard for the British

[@desertpreacher2719]

This is correct. And the video does not mention the coin made by the british in advance with Lezo kneeling to the british. Haaa, that is selling the bear skin before you hunt it.

[@Dr.Kananga]

This was very interesting, well done. Hope you guys are safe from this season of sickness.

[@SOswim1]

Excellent vid! for any music lovers, the pirate metal band, Alestorm did a song about this battle called 1741 (The Battle of Cartagena)

[@Crusader-ct1qv]

Finally, some naval history. Thanks Kings and Admirals!

[@Aldo1232able]

Orgulloso de mis origenes españoles!

[@dukeofgloucester9366]

Thank you for making this video, the early 18th Century have many wars that I find confusing to understand, so I appreciate you making these comprehensive videos on it, and for responding to my comment on the Silesian War videos to make more videos on the early 1700s and the coming war of Austrian Succession!

[@malnammi7889]

Wow noticed K & G are producing more content over the last few weeks, kudos to you guys and thanks!

[@dra1212]

The video is focusing too much on british sources. A lot of elements of the spanish defense are missing. Like the defensive battles on every fort and batteries. The combats of the spanish ships. And at San Lazaro there were trenches, Lezo ordered to dig a ditch to avoid the use of ladders by the english. When they were in, their ladders were too short and they were massacred. After that the spanish open the gates and a bayonet charge routed the english losing hundreds of men. The charge continued until the british boats.

[@Jayako12]

dra1212, the castle is actually called "San Felipe de Baraja" and not "San Lázaro".

[@dra1212]

@@Jayako12 yeah I know it s San Felipe de Barajas. But i wrote Lazaro as in the video to be more understandable.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

This is a common problem for K&G; they often rely on Western sources in English, and so whatever bias those sources had follow them into the video. Meanwhile whatever perspective other sources may have had are ignored.

[@Jayako12]

AnOriginalName, nah man... They are usually pretty good videos. But this one is deceptively bad. I'm surprised they have uploaded this...

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

@@Jayako12 Yeah normally they're fine, but they tend to get the occasional video pretty wrong due to lack of in depth research, sometimes they've been caught repeating something that was on Wikipedia but was never confirmed. As far as I know, only the story of Darius I had actual different arguments and interpretations, as well as the Battle of Taras. Everything else is just a presentation of the sources they've read.

[@sanexpreso2944]

La estatua del General Blas de Lezo en Cartagena de Indias, es la estatua más importante de Colombia

[@dlp2432]

Deus abençoe os colombianos

[@aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@dlp2432 OBRIGADO MEU AMIGO PORTUGUÊS

[@Liphted]

I'm always left wanting to leave a comment saying "thank you" to you guys! I love this channel!

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Glad to see you're going to continue on with the War of the Austrian Succession! It tends to be overshadowed a bit by other 18th century wars.

[@22vx]

I know little about this battle. This video is informative! Thanks guys!

[@VRichardsn]

It is full of colour (and horrible diseases and such). Medals minted depicting de Lezo kneeling to Vernon, Washington's brother fighting there, witty letters being exchanged... it has it all.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

What's funny is that the British wrote the famous song "Rule Britannia" the previous year in 1740 XD

[@bliecoug1029]

Spain was the actual ruler of the ocean

[@JJaqn05]

@@bliecoug1029 Not at this time

[@ivandreuxzuev9473]

​@@JJaqn05 Yes, at this time. The new armada built by Ferdinand VI was the biggest and greatest in the world during the XVIII century. It wouldn't be until Trafalgar that that fleet would collapse.

[@wanderer4869]

OK wow. This is first video I watched on this channel and it's great. I subscribed and I expect more interesting videos like this.

[@elborre5483]

I am flattered that the story of my city was covered here, thank you and hello from Colombia

[@ignacioandresadasme8553]

You could make a series about the Spanish empire and factual information about it, as much misinformation has been widespread through centuries. They had viceroyalties which were quite different to the colony status and had a unique imperial mentality based on creating and expanding the empire opposed to that of other Europeans which only sought to get more resources from their colonies

[@mathiasgonzalez3640]

@Jedem Das Seine salty dutch

[@ignacioandresadasme8553]

@@mathiasgonzalez3640 Dude why the f did you quote that? I literally didn't say it xd I said the Spanish mindset was different when it came to imperialism. They wanted to expand their lands and culture, mainly cause they viewed themselves as heirs of the Romans who did the same and as protectors of the Church, contrary to the extractive and oppressive mentality of Protestants and the french, that doesn't mean other Europeans didn't built cities from time to time like in Brits did many times

[@0LMG]

@Jedem Das Seine A salty bitch.

[@dab0331]

Yeah. Much of the English "territories" in Africa and England were never territories to begin with; as they never outright militarily held the ground and imposed their culture on the people. The English relied on cutting off the sea from coastal nations and playing them against landlocked ones. They relied in PUPPET states to do their dirty work. While the Spanish ACTUALLY conquered lands in the Americas and indoctrinated the locals into their language and culture, and intermarried with them on a large scale.

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Admiral Haddock: "Blistering barnacles! Thundering Typhoon!"

[@weejockpoopongmacplop6726]

THE SKIES ARE BLAZING WITH THUNDER

[@Billybobjoe]

I was scrolling through comments just to find one referencing alestorm.

[@cadettklinge603]

THE SEAS ABLAZE WITH FLAMES!

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

so?

[@KHK001]

Great video KnG as always!

[@nunciosidereo4070]

Missed the sentence after cutting Jeakins ear: "go and tell your king that I ll do the same if he dares the same". Don t know if is just legend or truth anyways.

[@VRichardsn]

That war is full of ingenious quotes. Like when Vernon wrote to de Lezo stating that "we will be back", to which de Lezo responded that if we wished to do so, he would need a new fleet because his current one was only fit to ship coal from Ireland to England.

[@mobiggcro]

Great video !! We need more content about the 18th and 17th century 😁🔥

[@jakebrown3429]

It's amazing how fast you guys make videos!

[@zackkotzias3304]

More videos from this era! The strategy and tactics of seizing forts and ports during the Age of Sail is so interesting

[@davidtheberge1231]

My family is from Cartagena de indias 😄😄

[@Roguesquadroon]

Rule Hispania, Hispania Rule the Waves

[@dennis771]

What’s hispania?

[@trollinape2697]

@Just Getting By nor is Britain after ww2

[@trollinape2697]

@Just Getting By "so nice try" I mean you did agree to my poiny and you never mebtioned about britain being more relevant than spain on your first reply, so nice try

[@trollinape2697]

@Just Getting By then why did you correct him as "Britannia" you make no sense

[@trollinape2697]

@Just Getting By "dig in about the british" Lived in Britain for like 6 years

[@hughmungus1960]

You do an awesome job. Thank you very much for your videos

[@weon_absoluto]

YES FINALLY WHAT IVE BEEN ASKING

[@bubankoo]

I know we wont get it for years but damnit I need empire total war 2 in my life.

[@johnhawthorn5393]

Love Spain from America!

[@Dogmatic-je6dn]

Thanks for showing an almost forgotten chapter in the history of my country!!!