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Fierce fighting continued for the next days. Both sides suffered heavy losses. On Sunday, 30 April the British ceased their attack and began their retreat from San Juan. The next year the British invasion force shared in the allocation of £40,000 for the proceeds of the ships taken at Trinidad and the property found on the island. [8]
In 1797, a British force led by General Sir Ralph Abercromby launched the invasion of Trinidad. His squadron sailed through the Bocas and anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas. The Spanish Governor Chacón decided to capitulate without fighting. Trinidad thus became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population and Spanish laws.
Invasion of Tobago (1781) Part of the American Revolutionary War Great Britain Trinidad and Tobago Saint Lucia France: Defeat. France gains control of Tobago; Invasion of Trinidad (1797) Great Britain Trinidad and Tobago Spain: Victory. Trinidad occupied by Britain; Hosay Massacre (30 October 1884) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Eighteenth Century Caribbean and the British Attack on Puerto Rico in 1797. San Juan: National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas. ISBN 978-1-881713-20-3; Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the present. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-87436-837-6
In February 1797, the General Abercromby launched the invasion of Trinidad. His squadron sailed through the Bocas and anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas. The Spanish Governor Chacón decided to capitulate without fighting. Trinidad thus became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population of Catholic faith and Spanish laws.
A medallion showing the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797. The British had begun to take a keen interest in Trinidad, and in 1797 a British force led by General Sir Ralph Abercromby launched an invasion of Trinidad. [11] [37] His squadron sailed through the Bocas and anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas.
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