The Campaign for the Sugar Islands, 1759 A Study of Amphibious Warfare

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smelser, Marshall.

Contributor:

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English West Indian Expedition, 1759.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

UNC Press enduring editions.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va. by the University of North Carolina Press, 1955.

Summary:

In the battle for empire that was the Seven Years' War, France's Sugar Islands, Guadeloupe and Martinique, were stakes as important as the Dominion of Canada. This book sketches the background strategy that led William Pitt to send an expedition to capture them, but it is chiefly the story of the campaign itself. Originally published in 1955. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; I. THE CONTENTIOUS EMPIRES; 1. The age of power; 2. The economics of colonialism; 3. The North American impasse; 4. To war; II. DESIGN FOR FIGHTING; 1. The purposes of the campaign; 2. The force and its matériel; III. TRADE-WIND PASSAGE; 1. Departure; 2. Rendezvous; IV. INHOSPITABLE MARTINIQUE; 1. A Fort Royale reception; 2. Withdrawal from Fort Royale Bay; 3. A look into St. Pierre; V. GUADELOUPE: BASSE TERRE; 1. The island of Guadeloupe; 2. The bombardment of Basse Terre; 3. Hopson's choice: To do nothing

4. The Marines and the Black Watch at Fort Louis5. Barrington, commander in chief; VI. GUADELOUPE: GRAND TERRE; 1. The fleet withdraws; 2. Grand Terre disorganized; VII. GUADELOUPE: CAPESTERRE; 1. Clavering's advance; 2. Armistice and capitulation; 3. Beauharnois achieves an anticlimax; VIII. CONSOLIDATION; 1. Loose ends; 2. Consolidation and departure; 3. ""The Recompence of Virtue""; IX. THE CAMPAIGN AS A WORK OF ART; 1. The British exercise of command; 2. The defense of the islands; 3. Significance; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R

ST; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

"Bibliographical note": p. [199]-201.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908418-7-2

979-88-908418-8-9

0-8078-3846-2

1-4696-0062-5

OCLC:

966938644