THE HISTORY

OF THE

FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT

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BY

A.B. ELLIS

Major, First West India Regiment

AUTHOR OF "WEST AFRICAN ISLANDS" AND "THE LAND OF FETISH"

London:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited

HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN

1885

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CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS

CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS

I beg to return my best thanks to A.E. Havelock, Esq., C.M.G.Administrator-in-Chief of the West African Settlements; Lieutenant-ColonelF.B.P. White, of the 1st West India Regiment; V.S.Gouldsbury, Esq., Administrator of the Gambia Settlements;A. Young, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara; F. Evans, Esq.,C.M.G., Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast Colony;Alfred Kingston, Esq., of the Record Office; and RichardGarnett, Esq., of the British Museum, for the very valuable assistancewhich they have rendered me in the collection of materials forthis Work.

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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER	1
CHAPTER I.
THE ACTION AT BRIAR CREEK, 1779—THE ACTION AT STONO FERRY, 1779	26
CHAPTER II.
THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH, 1779—THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN, 1780—THE BATTLE OF HOBKERK'S HILL, 1781	33
CHAPTER III.
THE RELIEF OF NINETY-SIX, 1781—THE BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS, 1781—REMOVAL TO THE WEST INDIES	43
CHAPTER IV.
THE EXPEDITION TO MARTINIQUE, 1793—THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, ST. LUCIA, AND GUADALOUPE, 1794—THE DEFENCE OF FORT MATILDA, 1794	53
CHAPTER V.
MALCOLM'S ROYAL RANGERS—THE EVACUATION OF ST. LUCIA, 1795	63
CHAPTER VI.
THE CARIB WAR IN ST. VINCENT, 1795	69... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!