The British lost so bad at the siege of Cartagena that they forbid anyone to write about the battle

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

Actually, I just think it was so unimportant in British history that we don’t care

@lunadevalencia1

7 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap Si, fue tan poco importante que solo enviaron 185 naves, y 30.000 soldados.Fue tam poco importante que incluso el rey britanico Prohibio hablar de la humillacion britanica en dicha guerra..... estos son los datos reales de dicha guerra, no lo que dices en este video.....

@benicabanas9793

Ай бұрын

​​@@TheHistoryChap😂😂😂😂 Of course, defeats are better forgotten...

I'm just cackling at Blas de Lezo practically trolling the British with his defense of Cartagena. Outnumbered and outgunned, he wins by digging out the ground below the wall so the British ladders can't reach the top! 🤣🤣🤣 Epic...

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

It would make a good film!

I'm a retired A.P U.S. History teacher here in Georgia, my student were always fascinated by this war, mainly because of it's name and it's ties to Georgia. I wish that I had had this video to show when I was still teaching, I'm sure the students would have loved it. Plus you did a much better job that I ever did explaining it. I'm a big fan of all your videos. I find them enteraining and informative and look forward to see more of your work.

@simonnoble7589

6 ай бұрын

nice to read your words .. Greeting`s from England

I remember my history teacher at prep school loved to tell the story of the War of Jenkins Ear. Those were the days when history consisted of Kings & Queens and battles 😆

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Ha ha. Glad you enjoyed it.

What a great story! As an old Merchant Navy Officer I remember visiting many of ports you mentioned! It brought back a lot of memories. Thanks again for a wonderfull story!

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

And here I was, a proud Virginian all set to add the item about "Mt. Vernon" but you got that as well--my hat is off to you, sir, for another excellent video.

Congratulations! You told us this story in the same way a Spanish would have done. Neutrally as Historians should. A suggestion for a video: What about the Fantastic War?

Oglethorpe's epic 1745 cross country dash to catch the Jacobites retreating into Scotland with his Georgia regiment is worth tieing into this.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion.

@starbutterfly7122

5 ай бұрын

Even the Spanish intervention in Scotland helping the Jacobites.

Wonderfully explained, once again. Thank you very much! Let me add an extra note, that is, Blas De Lezo's nick name: "medio hombre", i.e. half man.

I first learned of the War of Jenkin's ear while playing a pirate video game! I always took the side of the British because Spanish ships always yielded more plunder, but then had to beef up my defenses because the Spanish didn't like me. Why Maypole lost his job puzzles me, as he was against the war from the start and warned everyone that fighting a distant war with Spain would not go well.

@the5thmusketeer215

8 ай бұрын

I’m sure you meant to write “Walpole” & not “Maypole” 🤔 - but the supercilious 😒 & ostensibly “helpful” ‘Autocorrect’ function ✍️🧐 - that always insists it knows best - had other ideas… 😣

Your Best Yet ! ! You tied so much history in at the end that you would have never expected at the beginning. This was delightful. Thank You Sir !

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

That is so kind, thank you.

I used to line in Dagenham and my local pub was.... The Admiral Vernon, the other pub I visited was The Matapan. One battle and one victorious (?) Admiral

I remember reading a short article in anthology, about The War of Jenkins Ear when I was in middle school (back in the 1980s), as always, your video fills in the blanks quite nicely.

I'am just a technician from Holland with a love for history. Ever story you post on KZread i'am hanging on your lips (a Dutch proverb for attentive listening). Thank you!

And there, we have it ! Brilliant, as of usual !! This is a "wish episode come true" as far as I'm concerned. As a military history buff (well, at times !) I first stumbled on the battle of Orford Ness (1704) and also the Psilander incident of 1940 - now forgotten bits of history trivia - It all began when I posed the question - what of Sweden and the British empire actually being at war - has it ever happened ?? Lord knows, Sweden has - at some point or another - been at war with every major power in Europe, but not Britain - well, if we disregard the wars of succession in the 18th century - and the odd visit of the Royal Navy to the Baltic at some point in time or other - but these are all events on par with the "Pig War" or "the War of Jenkins Ear".. And still, there is the capture of Portobello, the Caribbean and Blas De Lezo none the least - whom I never heard about - all the pieces of the puzzle come together, all in one episode of the History Chap !

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

Glad that I brought all those strands of history together for you.

What an intriguing and interesting cast of characters 🤔 A one eyed, armed and legged man commanding troops. A war over an alleged pickled ear. Maybe he ate it? 😂😂I am kidding, my friend. I simply enjoy listening to your stories which are so well researched. 😊

@TheHistoryChap

6 ай бұрын

That’s very kind of you, Harry, thanks

King Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo, was also imprisoned on St Helena from 1890 - 1897. Still eagerly waiting for further videos on the Ashanti Ring.

Excellent video THE WAR OF THE EMPIRES’ For hundreds of years, the English dreamt of breaking the Spanish Empire. The Founding Fathers of the USA were the most enthusiastic British subjects. Over the next 100 years, they encouraged various independent movements, even loaning their Admirals and Generals. The Spanish Empire was broken. The fight/ mentality still continues to this day.

@francisco-pk5rt

8 ай бұрын

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@francisco-pk5rt

8 ай бұрын

En Pensacola el español Bernardo de Galves también ganó a los ingleses para ayudar a Los eeuu a la independencia de Inglaterra eso también se te ha olvidado?

@JamesSmith-ui2hv

3 ай бұрын

@londonbudgetgardner5205 Envy is a very strong feeling

Really interesting. But please note that the composer of Rule Britannia! was Thomas Arne (Augustine was his unused middle name). It was the whole masque that was performed at Cliveden. It's called Alfred, and Rule Britannia! is the final part.

What a great story - you have filled in some gaps regarding the all three of our Navies (the White, Blues & Red Ensigns). My Father commanded a Cargo/ passenger liner for approximately ten years in the 1960s & early 70s. Her (his?) name was SS George Anson - sister ship being the first Sir Francis Drake. Since there was advertised as one class (first) only there were slight differences - namely between between Promande Deck & or b Decks. She.was a classic ‘thre island’ turbine steamer with exceptionally good.lines, and only a maximum of 186 passengers.. Of course the both ships visited many of the ports you mentioned - but only in the Far Eastern ones. So thank you!

Wow. Who would ever have imagined that a largely forgotten conflict with such a weird name would be linked to so much familiar history? Thank you for yet another enlightening trip down British military history!

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

Man those Spanish forts were tough nuts to crack.

Amazing story !

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

That was another really interesting piece of history that I had never heard about. Thank you for educating me.

A thoroughly charming and insightful lesson, thank you for covering this oft overlooked chapter of history!

@TheHistoryChap

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.

4:14 shout out from St Augustine, Florida. We're still trying to keep you Englishman's fort in good shape sir!

So when Jenkins asked Members of Parliament to "lend me your ears" it wasn't mere hyperbole. This man knew what he was asking of them.

That was another great presentation i knew nothing about the war of Jenkins Ear .

Colenel Oglethorpe is buried in All Saints Church which is at the head of the Chase in Upminster in Essex and has a school named after him Oglethorpe Infants and Junior Schools

18:03 I loved this bit of trivia about Mt Vernon! Such a fascinating war and period. Amazing video good sir.

Hi, enjoyed this history show .... Thank you , and have a great day .....😀😃😄

A traveler through time brews a great cup of tea again

Thank you Chris for another very interesting video I remember studying this at school.👂

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Certainly was never on my school curriculum!

Well done! Always enjoy the Stories of the British empire!

Wow what an amazing story. Thank you

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching & for joining my membership channel.

tyvm for another upload, Chris.

Class as always.

WoW, great stuff.

Great video 👍🏻

Thanks Chris, that was really interesting.

Great video today thanks for what you do and keep them coming 👍 😊😊

Always enjoy your videos, you bring history to life. Thank you.

Great video. By the way, Dublin has a residential area called Portobello. George Bernard Shaw was born in Portobello, Dublin. I'm pretty sure that there's a connection to the War of Jenkins Ear.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

it probably was. Thanks for sharing.

@talpark8796

8 ай бұрын

and here in🇨🇦: Portobello, Nova Scotia; Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area (NWA), New Brunswick

Many thanks Chris

Another wonderful story. Thank you

Brilliant 👏

Thanks for another interesting story from history.

Thank you- very informative and interesting presentation.

Poor old Jenkins, sunglasses continually sliding off his face, and his hat slipping down over his eyes. Another great story BTW. Thank you!

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

I've got some IT issues here and you have just brought a smile to my face. Thank you.

Thank you again, you are absolutely the best! I hope you dove into the Battle of Assaye thru the Peninsular wars..

You made this very understandable. I've always been a little confused about this.

There's nothing I could add to the comments below except WOW. I can't wait to watch it again. Awesome storytelling, Chris. Loved it.

Thanks Chris, this is just th video I was hopung you'd make 😊. If I may suggest a future video for the South Sea Bubble?

Another good story, Chris! Can't wait for the videos on the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars!

New about Jenkins ear, but never new what really happened because of it 👊🏻 as alway another great episode of the history chap

Loved it

Great Video.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks.

Another brilliant story from you sir, I can't see a video on the escape down devil's pass or the events on hlobane in the zulu war, another good one would be the abyssinian campaign, was Chelmsford in a smaller roll in that campaign, Thank you very much for the videos they are great

TIL that the town i went to Uni in was indirectly named for an English Admiral. Absolutely wild, thank you for sharing.

Has always been one of my favorite little bits of history : well covered ; thanks

@davidprosser7278

8 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed. All those 18th century wars are very interesting. Especially the Seven Years War.

Brilliant - thanks.

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure

Amazing Topic well done sir

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

A forgotten war, buth a fair few men (on all sides) died in it.

a most excellent video...❤

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

Very entertaining story and thank you for introducing me to this history.

@davidprosser7278

8 ай бұрын

The odd little detail are what make history so interesting.

Thanks!

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for your support.

Love your channel! I have learned alot from it. An in my opinion I would call it a win for the Britts!

I was in one of the ear wars. Like my father and grandfather. We don’t like to talk about it.

Your follower numbers goes trough the ceiling as we used to say,by any right yessir. Thank you. Ludwig

Did you say enjoy Sir! Nay I say, twas more than mere enjoyment. Twas pure pleasure to listen to a grand narrative of a near forgotten war. Bravo! I await your next video lecture Sir. God bless you and family!

Love this story,

Brilliant video again. I'd always wondered why Portobello, Edinburgh sounded so out of place.

Excellent. Later on St Helena Jenkins had a mix up with my relative 'Mr Bazett'

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment

I really enjoyed this story it's kind of fun learning about Jenkins ear I've never heard the story before but you did a nice job I really enjoyed it very well done sir and I look forward to more stories from the history chat

@TheHistoryChap

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

always entertaining

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thanks. That was cool 👌

@TheHistoryChap

7 ай бұрын

No problem. Thanks for watching.

@dixiefallas7799

7 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap Cheers I have subscribed I love history.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

You missed out Anson sacking Lima, while the local governor drilled his troops on the opposite hillside. Surely worth a mention?

Había puesto unos comentarios pero los he borrado, como español tengo que decir que es la primera vez que veo que un inglés explica de manera justa y diciendo la verdad la guerra de la oreja de Jenkings, solo una cosa, cuando se firmo el tratado de Utrech uno de los acuerdos era el navío de permiso autorizaba a Inglaterra a enviar un barco al año con una capacidad de carga de 500 toneladas a las colonias españolas americanas para comerciar con ellas. Esas 500 toneladas los ingleses nunca las respetaban, como España esto lo sabía se acordó el derecho de visita y es que los guarda costas españoles podían supervisar la carga del barco inglés para ver si llevaba más carga de la permitida. España recuperó el monopolio posteriormente en el año 1750 en el tratado de Madrid. Saludos.

GREAT :)

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks.

First heard about Jenkins in Form I (yes, some of us had that system in America), but I really never got the full story. de Lezo sounds like a competent John Bell Hood. PS Wasn't Jenkins one of the French And Indian wars, as well? PPS What's the source of that wonderful map at 1:02?

There was a famous message from Admiral Vernon to Admiral de Lezo when Vernon decided to leave which ended: " I will leave now , but I'll return with my fleet again" to which Admiral de Lezo replied: " For you and your fleet to come back again , you will need an entire new fleet built , for this one would only be good for transporting coal from Ireland to London"....

@TheHistoryChap

13 күн бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to share

good morning👍

Must've been quite the ear.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Boom boom!

@markpullar3993

8 ай бұрын

I ear you

Perhaps Spain could start a replay of the war, over parking operations?

I defeated a pushy Partner in a Philadelphia law firm by proving to him that 'The War of Jenkins' Ear' was not a mere fantasy of mine.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Always nice to get one over on a pushy partner or colleague

In Spanish this war is known as "Guerra del Asiento". I don't speak Spanish so I looked up the word "asiento" which apparently means "chair" or a place to sit. I also looked up the word "assiento" which refers to a treaty allowing other countries to bring slaves to market in Spanish territory. Can someone please enlighten me as to which word is correct and why the war might have gotten that name? Gracias.

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

It was a treaty opening allowing the South Sea Company to trade slaves in Spanish possessions.

@dougearnest7590

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking time to respond. So was it named thus because the British were also smuggling slaves? (edit: I also deleted my other question regarding the War of the Golden Stool and "wars named for furniture".) @@TheHistoryChap

Great

@TheHistoryChap

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Eldunki68

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheHistoryChapblas de lezo history is Amazing

I new video! Awesome!

that word "patriot" is a funny old thing. it's root is ultimately greek, but my understanding is that it was used by aristocrats and the townspeople of France to describe, derisively, countryfolk.

Thank God the Spanish didn't cut off a different part of Jenkins body.....the war could have been much worse

Nothing change so Spain won keeping the control of the Caribe so that some years later Spain was a key partner of the Americans in the Independence War ( with money, supplies and help of the spanish army from Florida with the general Bernardo de Galvez).So, if England had been able to conquer Cartagena de Indias probably would be able to control the Caribe and the spanish help to the Americans would be much more difficult.

@TheHistoryChap

5 ай бұрын

Interesting angle, thanks for sharing

@francisco-pk5rt

5 ай бұрын

George Washington reconoció posteriormente que sin la ayuda de España EEUU nunca se hubiera independizado de Inglaterra, luego nos lo agradecieron muy bien quitándonos en el año 1898 Cuba, Filipinas y Puerto Rico. Cosas que pasan.🤨

@francisco-pk5rt

5 ай бұрын

Hay una batalla ganada por los españoles muy importante que los ingleses hablan poco que es la de Pensacola con el almirante Bernardo de Gálvez gracias a esa victoria España recuperó Florida y debilitó mucho a los ingleses.

👍👍👍

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👂

Did Portugal had a role in this war (even diplomatically)? As Spain and France becoming allies, the natural course in Americas would be to Britain and Portugal join hands.

Ogie Ogolthorpe?

good story keep them coming all over a ear

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.

Portobello road

Дякую!

@TheHistoryChap

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching.

It is weird in the time that british made possible to consolidate the land in america suddenly the colony seeds wanted indipendance , they took it all for granted. British did all these wars for nothing.

Them were days.

@TheHistoryChap

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Rule Britannia! Brilliant

@TheHistoryChap

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@francisco-pk5rt

7 ай бұрын

Jajajajaj tule brittannia!! Si Blas de Lezo se meo en los ingleses en Cartagena de Indias!! A Jenkins le teníamos que haber cortado las dos orejas por pirata! Que eso es lo único que habéis sido los ingleses en la historia unos piratas! Viva España!!!