Raid on Penzance

Raid on Penzance
Date	July 1640
Location	Penzance, United Kingdom
Result	Algerian victory
Belligerents
Regency of Algiers	England
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	60 captured

The Raid on Penzance was a military operation initiated by the Barbary Pirates of Algiers against Britain in Penzance in July of 1640.

Background

The situation continued to worsen at mid-century and the 'British were largely powerless in stopping the corsairs' during the British Civil Wars and the Protectorate.^[1]

Raid

In 1640, 60 Algerian fleets were spotted traversing the English Channel.^[1] In July of that year, they launched a raid on Penzance in Cornwall, seizing 60 men, women, and children.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Following this, the number of Christian slaves taken captive in Algiers reached 25,000, with 3,000 of them being English.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Coffman, D'Maris; Leonard, Adrian; O'Reilly, William (2014-12-05). The Atlantic World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-57605-1.
^ ^a ^b Grant, Cyril Fletcher; Grant, L. (1912). African Shores of the Mediterranean. Mcbride, Nast & Company.
^ ^a ^b The Spectator. F.C. Westley. 1884.
^ ^a ^b Grant, Cyril Fletcher (1921). Studies in North Africa. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited.
^ Matar, Nabil (2014-06-26). British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-26450-2.

[:13-1] Coffman, D'Maris; Leonard, Adrian; O'Reilly, William (2014-12-05). The Atlantic World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-57605-1.

[:14-2] Grant, Cyril Fletcher; Grant, L. (1912). African Shores of the Mediterranean. Mcbride, Nast & Company.

[:0-3] The Spectator. F.C. Westley. 1884.

[:1-4] Grant, Cyril Fletcher (1921). Studies in North Africa. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited.

[5] Matar, Nabil (2014-06-26). British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-26450-2.

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