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Title: The History of the First West India Regiment

Author: A. B. Ellis

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THE HISTORY

OF THE

FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT.

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.

PAGE
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
DE