AUGUSTINE (St), a fort of North America, on the east coast of Cape Florida, situated in W. Long. 81. 10. N. Lat. 30. 0. This fort was built by the Spaniards; who were scarce well established there, when they were attacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1586, who reduced and pillaged the fort and town adjacent. In 1665, it underwent a similar fate, being attacked by Captain Davis at the head of a considerable company of buccaneers. In 1702, an attempt was made by Colonel More to annex St Augustine to the British dominions. He invested it with only 500 English and 700 Indians; which small force, however, would have been sufficient to reduce the place, had not succours arrived when it was on the point of surrendering. Even then, it is thought that he might have defeated the reinforcement which arrived; but he chose to raise the siege, and retire with precipitation. In 1740, another unsuccessful attempt was made on this fort by general Oglethorpe: it was, however, together with the whole country of Florida, ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of Paris in 1763.