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The Battle of Fortin Cusabo was fought between England and Spain in 1647 during the Thirty Years' War.

The English explorer Alexander Whittome had established the colony of Fort Edistow near present-day Pawleys Island on the South Carolina coast that same year, with the objective of projecting their control over the Province of Carolina. At the same time, the Spanish sent a Spanish Army detachment from Florida to create Fortin Cusabo near present-day Moncks Corner, hoping to establish trade with the local Indians and to counter England's expansion to the south. Upon receiving word that the Spanish had established a rival colony to the south, Whittome was given orders to fortify Edistow while preparing an expedition to destroy the Spanish base. He assembled an army of English musketeers, archers, and musketeers, backed by Powhatan allies from Virginia, and this expedition assaulted the Spanish base before the Spanish could build defensive walls. The English overwhelmed the Spanish garrison amid a hard-fought battle, and English reinforcements had to be sent south to reinforce their depleted ranks; two cannon were later sent in to assist in the destruction of Fortin Cusabo. After the English soldiers overwhelmed their Spanish foes, they torched the Spanish town center and massacred Cusabo's settlers, forcing the Spanish to capitulate and abandon their colony.

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