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The Invasion of Guadeloupe was a British amphibious operation fought between 28 January and 6 February 1810 over control of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during the Napoleonic Wars. The island was the final remaining French colony in the Americas, following the systematic invasion and capture of the others during 1809 by British forces.
The Caribbean campaign of 1803–1810 was a series of military contests mainly in the West Indies spanning the Napoleonic Wars involving European powers Napoleonic France, the Batavian Republic, Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Eventually British naval forces dominated the seas and by 1810 ...
The Invasion of Guadeloupe (8–10 August 1815) ... most recently in 1810, but had been returned to the French following Napoleon's first abdication in April 1814.
Martinique, like the nearby island of Guadeloupe, was a major threat to Britain's trade in the West Indies, providing a sheltered base from which privateers and French Navy warships could raid British merchant shipping and disrupt the trade routes that maintained the economy of the United Kingdom.
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Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) Gunboat War; I. Invasion of Île Bonaparte; Invasion of Isle de France; L. Siege of Lérida; M. Battle of Manresa (1810) Mauritius ...
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In January 1810, the British initiated an invasion of Guadeloupe; Sir Alexander Cochrane's naval force landed 11,000 British troops under the command of Lieutenant General George Beckwith landed at Capesterre, or the eastern side of the islands. [10]