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Attack on Puerto Rico, Anglo-Spanish War, 1797, (1851). Defeat of the British in Puerto Rico during the Battle of San Juan, 17 April-2 May, 1797, Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1802). By the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1796, Spain became an enemy of Great Britain. The British sent a fleet to the Caribbean to invade the islands of Trinidad and Puerto Rico, commanded by Admiral Henry Harvey. They achieved the surrender of Trinidad but were defeated in Puerto Rico. Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby invaded the island of Puerto Rico which was defended by the Spanish forces led by Ramón de Castro and the capital's militia commanded by Rafael Conti. From "Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España" (History of the Spanish Uprising, War and Revolution) by the Conde de Toreno, Madrid, 1851.