{"id":368,"date":"2011-01-11T00:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T00:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2011-01-11T00:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T00:16:22","slug":"the-battle-of-san-diego-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Battle of San Diego Bay&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"370\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=370\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?fit=1897%2C2874\" data-orig-size=\"1897,2874\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;CanoScan LiDE 70&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1199648058&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LeliaByrd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?fit=675%2C1024\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-370\" title=\"LeliaByrd\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?resize=198%2C300 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?resize=675%2C1024 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/LeliaByrd.jpg?w=1897 1897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>San Diego is a very fine, secure harbour . . . within there is safe anchorage for ships of any burthen.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a sorry battery of eight pounders at the entrance: at present, it does not merit the least consideration as a fortification<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201cWilliam Shaler, captain of the American trading ship <em>Lelia Byrd<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1803,\u00c2\u00a0 American\u00c2\u00a0sailors and Spanish soldiers went to war.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Read the story of\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Battle-of-San-Diego-Bay.pdf\"><strong>the &#8220;Battle of San Diego Bay.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D368&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego is a very fine, secure harbour . . . within there is safe anchorage for ships of any burthen.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a sorry battery of eight pounders at the entrance: at present, it does not merit the least consideration as a fortification.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201cWilliam Shaler, captain of the American trading ship Lelia Byrd. 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