Editing War of Jenkins' Ear (section)

===Florida===
{{Main|Siege of St. Augustine (1740)}}
In 1740, the inhabitants of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] launched an overland attack on the [[fortification|fortified city]] of [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] in Florida, supported by a British naval blockade, but were repelled. The British forces led by [[James Oglethorpe]], the Governor of Georgia, [[Siege of St. Augustine|besieged St. Augustine]] for over a month before retreating, and abandoned their [[artillery]] in the process. The failure of the [[Royal Navy]] blockade to prevent supplies reaching the settlement was a crucial factor in the collapse of the siege. Oglethorpe began preparing Georgia for an expected Spanish assault. The Battle of Bloody Mose, where the Spanish and free black forces repelled Oglethorpe's forces at [[Fort Mose Historic State Park|Fort Mose]], was also a part of the War of Jenkins' Ear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fortmose.org/2018/06/13/bloody-battle-of-fort-mose/|title=Bloody Battle of Fort Mose|last=branmarc60|date=13 June 2018|website=Fort Mose Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624155549/https://fortmose.org/2018/06/13/bloody-battle-of-fort-mose/|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>