I mean, it's not Clickbait, just fun tidbit that I liked that a major British loss in the American Revolution technically didn't even happen in America.
And it was part of the American Revolution since Spain joined the war.
TLDR: Apparently the English wanted to take advantage that Spain joined the American Revolutionary War to try to take over some Spanish towns on Lake Nicaragua. They sent 3000 soldiers up-river, had marginal success in attacking some Spanish forts but yellow fever and diseases wiped out 2500 men.
>The campaign ended in total failure and cost the lives of more than 2,500 men, making it the costliest British disaster of the entire war.
Front-Insurance9577 OP t1_iyfcxje wrote
Reply to comment by NedBaker466 in TIL that one of the oldest national anthems, the Spanish National Anthem Marcha Real, has no official lyrics at all. It's just the music. And while it is played people just hum "na na na" to the music. by Front-Insurance9577
Wow that's super interesting.