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Guadalupe and Grande Terre fall to British forces in 1759
Extracted dispatches describe Major General Barrington and Commodore Moore announcing the surrender of Guadalupe and Grand Terre after a prolonged campaign. Brigadiers Clavering and Crump cited for merit, while Crump takes governorship. fortifications at Fort Louis and Cochon begin. Capitulations grant neutral terms for inhabitants, freedom to retire or sell property, and protection of religion and civil rights.
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Pere Meff
de Clainvilliersiam
Petit Bourg
Crump
General Barrington
Pitt
Capeflerre
Guadalupe
Grande-Terre
Clavering
Mr. Moore
Grande Terre
England
Leeward Islands
Capetterre
Haldane
Lynn
Roebuck
Keating 5
Grand Tyre
M. Beauharnois
St. Anne’s
Martinico
M. Bompart
Rington
John Moore
M. Nadau Dutreil
Grand Terre
Marfinico
Bologne, Petit, Dumoliere
Great Britain
Barrington
Island of
Marigalante
Dominico
Commodore Moore
Cambridge
Prince Ruperts ‘Bay
Dominique
Barringten
M.bompan
Martgalante
Fort Royal
Mateese
Rive
Gibraltar
Andria