British campaign in the Caribbean
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The British campaign in the Caribbean took place during the first year of the Napoleonic Wars and began shortly after the breakdown of the Treaty of Amiens. Hostilities with France resumed in May 1803 but official notification did not arrive in the West Indies until mid-June, along with British orders to attack France's valuable sugar islands. The expedition, under commanders in chief William Grinfield and Samuel Hood, set out from Barbados on 20 June with 3,149 soldiers, two ships-of-the-line, two frigates, converted to troopships, and two sloops. St Lucia was captured on 22 June 1803, after the island's main fortress, Morne Fortunee had been stormed, and Tobago nine days later. After leaving men to hold these islands, the expedition returned to Barbados.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1803 | British campaign in the Caribbean | French First Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Batavian Republic, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1654 | Anglo-Spanish War | war, Kingdom of France, House of Stuart, Commonwealth of England, Habsburg Spain | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1792 | War of the First Coalition | war | Wikidata |