Campbell was preoccupied with the threat posed Causation by Bernardo de Gálvez , the governor of Spanish Louisiana , who captured Conquering Mobile in March 1780 ( and then also captured Conquering Pensacola in 1781 ) .

A Spanish expeditionary force under Matías de Gálvez , the Captain General of Spanish Guatemala , gained Getting control Control of the British-held island after bombarding Attack its main defences .

The assault Hostile_encounter was part of a larger plan by Gálvez to eliminate Removing British influence in Central America .