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Fort Royal, Guadeloupe, 1759. Coloured engraving by C Grignion after Lt Archibald Campbell, Royal Engineers. Published by Thomas Jeffreys, Charing Cross, London, 10 Aug 1764. Guadeloupe was the richest of the French islands in the West Indies and a favourite refuge for French privateers. In April 1759, a British force captured the island after a series of actions which gradually wore down the French defenders. British casualties during the fighting were comparatively light, but fever killed some 800 officers and men on Guadeloupe by the end of 1759.

Guadeloupe, Capture of, 1759 (Seven Years War, West Indies 1756-1763)