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jamieliddellthepoet t1_iy9f4x7 wrote

Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in TIL That the deadliest loss for the British in the American Revolutionary War was in Nicaragua. by Front-Insurance9577

Ah, but the click would have given you the titbit that the British force included Horatio Nelson!

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KindAwareness3073 t1_iy9go1b wrote

Read it. That battle had nothing to do with the American Revolution. Britain v. Spain. Total clickbait.

Brits should have sent young Nelson to blockade Yorktown.

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Front-Insurance9577 OP t1_iy9h7ii wrote

I mean, it's not Clickbait, just fun tidbit that I liked that a major British loss in the American Revolution technically didn't even happen in America. And it was part of the American Revolution since Spain joined the war.

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KindAwareness3073 t1_iy9o67f wrote

Joined the war as an ally of France who did the heavy lifting. Sideshow at most. Far more a part of Europe's endless 18th century conflicts. I still see it as clickbait, but you get an opinion.

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Some_Inspector3638 t1_iyaydxe wrote

A battle between two opposing belligerents in the American Revolution, that wouldn't have happened without the American Revolution, had nothing to do with the American Revolution? Being you must be fascinating.

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TazBaz t1_iyazap3 wrote

But that’s the point, it COULD have happened without the American revolution.

It was just one main side in the war attacking an ally of the other main side somewhere else in the world entirely. Could have been during another war entirely. Nothing about the attack was really relevant to the American Revolution other than members of the two sides were involved.

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