Fighting also took place Process_start in Spanish Florida ; a two-day battle for the city of Pensacola ended Process_end in Spanish surrender .

General John Campbell , 5th Duke of Argyll , from Pensacola , after taking Conquering New Orleans was to proceed Motion up the Mississippi to Natchez where he was to be joined Becoming_a_member by a third force that descended Motion_directional the Illinois River and captured Conquering St. Louis .

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 ) .

The Siege of Pensacola was two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture Conquering the town and fortress of Pensacola , one of two major settlements ( the other was St. Augustine ) in Spanish Florida .

The Siege of Pensacola was two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture Conquering the town and fortress of Pensacola , one of two major settlements ( the other was St. Augustine ) in Spanish Florida .

After turning Motion to the northeast , the storm made its final landfall just west of Pensacola , Florida , late on October 31 .