CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -July 1742-Oglethorpe and his troops, assisted by Highland Scots, waited in the dense woods along the marshes on St. Simmons Island.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody Marsh. This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins’ Ear, and it resulted in a significant English victory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Bloody Marsh In 1742, Oglethorpe called upon his military experience and Georgia’s fledgling militia to defend the colony from a Spanish invasion on St. Simons Island.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bloody Marsh site marks the last Spanish threat to the British colony of Georgia. For nearly 100 years, England and Spain claimed the “disputed” land of Georgia. On July 7, 1742, decisive British victories at Gully Hole Creek and Bloody Marsh ended these claims.