Raid on Penzance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Raid on Penzance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Penzance Bay | |||||||
| |||||||
| 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.
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]