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Fort Royal, Guadeloupe, 1759. Engraving by Grignion after Lt Archibald Campbell, published by John Bowles, and others, 1759. Associated with the Seven Years War, West Indies (1756-1763). A North view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, when in possession of his Majesty's Forces in 1759. Guadeloupe was the richest of the French islands in the Caribbean 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. This is a north view of Fort Royal when in the possession of British Forces. British casualties during the fighting were comparatively light but, by the end of 1759, fever had killed some 800 officers and men on Guadeloupe.

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