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قراءة كتاب The History of the First West India Regiment
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The History of the First West India Regiment
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THE HISTORY
OF THE
FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT
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
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-Colonel F.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 Richard Garnett, Esq., of the British Museum, for the very valuable assistance which they have rendered me in the collection of materials for this Work.
CONTENTS
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| INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER I. |
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| THE ACTION AT BRIAR CREEK, 1779—THE ACTION AT STONO FERRY, 1779 | 26 |
CHAPTER II. |
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| THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH, 1779—THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN, 1780—THE BATTLE OF HOBKERK'S HILL, 1781 | 33 |
CHAPTER III. |
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| THE RELIEF OF NINETY-SIX, 1781—THE BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS, 1781—REMOVAL TO THE WEST INDIES | 43 |
CHAPTER IV. |
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| THE EXPEDITION TO MARTINIQUE, 1793—THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, ST. LUCIA, AND GUADALOUPE, 1794—THE DEFENCE OF FORT MATILDA, 1794 | 53 |
CHAPTER V. |
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| MALCOLM'S ROYAL RANGERS—THE EVACUATION OF ST. LUCIA, 1795 | 63 |
CHAPTER VI. |
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| THE CARIB WAR IN ST. VINCENT, 1795 | 69 |
CHAPTER VII. |
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| MAJOR-GENERAL WHYTE'S REGIMENT OF FOOT, 1795 | 77 |
CHAPTER VIII. |
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| THE CAPTURE OF ST. LUCIA, 1796 | 85 |
CHAPTER IX. |
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| THE RELIEF OF GRENADA, 1796—THE REPULSE AT PORTO RICO, 1797 | 93 |
CHAPTER X. |
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| THE DEFENCE OF DOMINICA, 1805 | 103 |
CHAPTER XI. |
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| THE HURRICANE AT DOMINICA, 1806—THE REDUCTION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX, 1807—THE RELIEF OF MARIE-GALANTE, 1808 | 117 |
CHAPTER XII. |
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| THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, 1809—THE CAPTURE OF GUADALOUPE, 1810 | 125 |
CHAPTER XIII. |
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| THE EXPEDITION TO NEW ORLEANS, 1814-15 | 141 |
CHAPTER XIV. |
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| THE OCCUPATION OF GUADALOUPE, 1815—THE BARBADOS INSURRECTION, 1816—THE HURRICANE OF 1817 | 160 |
CHAPTER XV. |
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| THE DEMERARA REBELLION, 1823 | 170 |
CHAPTER XVI. |
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| THE BARRA WAR, 1831—THE HURRICANE OF 1831—THE COBOLO EXPEDITION, 1832 | 178 |
CHAPTER XVII. |
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| THE MUTINY OF THE RECRUITS AT TRINIDAD, 1837 | 188 |
CHAPTER XVIII. |
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| THE PIRARA EXPEDITION, 1842—CHANGES IN THE WEST AFRICAN GARRISONS—THE APPOLLONIA EXPEDITION, 1848 |