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pected, and effectual descent upon Indian and Spanish settlements in Florida......1727 Don Francisco Moral Sanchez, governor of St. Augustine, for an unsatisfactory treaty with the English under General Oglethorpe, is recalled to Spain and executed......1736 Don Manuel Joseph de Justis, sent in place of Governor Moral, is succeeded by Don Manuel de Monteano......1737 General Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia, arrives at the mouth of St. John's River and captures Fort San Diego......May 24, 1740 General Oglethorpe destroys Fort Moosa, which he finds deserted, but afterwards places there a garrison of Highlanders under Colonel Palmer......June, 1740 English, reinforced by a Carolina regiment, open the siege of St. Augustine......June 24, 1740 Three hundred Spaniards capture Fort Moosa; Colonel Palmer killed in action......June 25, 1740 General Oglethorpe hearing of the arrival of Spanish vessels with supplies for besieged, and many of his men being sick and discourag