Privateering by the British was common during this conflict and the attacks on Fuerteventura in 1740 can be seen as an extension of this period of discord between Britain and Spain.

In fact, in Boston newspapers it was published in June 1740 that a "large and quality" sloop (corvette), named after Admiral Vernon, was equipped "to go in search of the Spanish".

The military commander of the island, Lieutenant Colonel José Sánchez Umpiérrez, and captain Melchor Cabrera Bethencourt led the militia against the invading British privateers.

Again, as had happened on the first attack, the privateers landed on the bay in Gran Tarajal and again, with drums and banners, marched to the village of Tuineje to loot.

Glas notes in his writings that, owing to the audacity of launching a second attack in such a short time frame, the locals were in no mood to show leniency.