British occupation of Manila
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The British occupation of Manila was an episode in colonial history of the Philippines when the Kingdom of Great Britain occupied the Spanish colonial capital of Manila and the nearby port of Cavite for eighteen months, from the 6th October 1762 to the first week of April 1764. The occupation was an extension of the larger Seven Years' War between Britain and France, which Spain had recently entered on the side of the French.
Sign at Fort Santiago, Manila, marking the departure point of Simón de Anda y Salazar.
Postern of Our Lady of Solitude inside the Fort Santiago at Manila, through which on 5 October 1762, Lieutenant Governor Simón de Anda y Salazar escaped the British bombardment during the conquest of Manila.
Lieutenant General Sir William Draper KB, was a British Army officer and cricketeer who led the expedition which captured Manila in 1762 and was involved in the unsuccessful defence of Menorca in 1782. He was also involved in a key 1774 meeting which agreed on an early set of cricket rules including the leg before wicket rule.
