The Battle of Foggy Rock

The Battle of Foggy Rock was the battle most often associated as being the last major battle of the Anglo-Spanish War (also known as "the Paradoxian War"). The battle was mostly fought on a series of rocky steppes coined "Foggy Rock", but a small subsequent naval battle took place in the Mar de Plata Strait.

While transporting a regiment of soldiers from the British base of Kingshead to Port Royal, the EITC First Division were soon fired upon by a larger Spanish force. The Spanish, having suffered from monumental previous defeats at the hands of the British, craved a strong victory, and sent their largest naval force to strike the British. However, the British fought back and, after routing the small Spanish fleet to a nearby rocky island, won a stunning victory.

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Lord Jeremiah Garland

Transport to Port Royal
General O'Reily watched intently as the soldiers marched to the docks. His regiment, the East India First Divison, had become one of legend. Made up of elite marines, commanders, and seamen, the division had spent more than a month stationed at one of the British's highly secured fortresses, Fort Kingshead. Now, they were to be reassigned to a new location: Fort Charles, in Port Royal, Jamaica. General O'Reilly was eager to return to Port Royal, for he knew it was there that his wife, Princess Amelia Augustus, was staying during her trip to the Caribbean Isles.

At the dock protruding from Fort Kingshead, a large ship sit afloat. This was O'Reilly's personal flagship, the'' H.M.S. Essex. ''The 124-gunned ship-of-the-line now served as a transport for the many marines returning to Fort Charles. Beside the Essex floated two smaller frigates, each sporting twenty-six cannons. Their names were the H.M.S. New Haven and the H.M.S. Portsmouth.

The sounds of marines marching in unison, crates and artillery being lifted by crane, and commands being shouted by batallion captains filled the dock. As General O'Reilly overlooked the docks from the walls of the fort, a man approached him from behind. "General O'Reilly, sir." said the man sternly with a salute. "At ease. Yes General Garland?" replied O'Reilly. "The men are almost prepared to break harbour. According to the position of the sun, we should reach Port Royal by nightfall." "Thank you general." said O'Reilly.

General Garland was, a lack of better words, the "second-in-command" of the First Division, behind General O'Reilly. In charge of the first brigade of soldiers, he had high respect for General O'Reilly, and was the leading man when it came to preparing battle tactics. His son, Nathaniel Garland, was a lieutenant commander, leading a squad in his father's brigade.