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to continue campaigning against
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This article is about the capture of the
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on 11 January 1782. St. Kitts fell on 13 February, at which time de Grasse detached a squadron to take
Montserrat.
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Montserrat was occupied by the French until it was returned pursuant to the terms of the 1783
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1782 French naval expedition against the
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A Military
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The French Army in the
American War of Independence
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18:French capture of Montserrat
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134:Commanders and leaders
1127:History of Montserrat
874:Capture of Montserrat
166:Casualties and losses
44:Capture of Montserrat
32:Napoleonic War battle
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1107:French battle stubs
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174:Unknown casualties
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541:15 June 1780
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851:Trincomalee
821:Pondicherry
815:East Indies
767:Cape Breton
705:The Saintes
690:Frigate Bay
655:2nd Grenada
650:1st Grenada
618:Porto Praya
586:ĂŽle-de-Batz
509:13 May 1779
378:Black River
368:The Saintes
348:Frigate Bay
278:Cayo Cocina
268:2nd Grenada
263:1st Grenada
221:West Indies
78:West Indies
1101:Categories
978:References
970:Black p.59
899:Background
885:Montserrat
841:Batticaloa
794:Hudson Bay
782:Chesapeake
762:Cape Henry
730:Grand Turk
700:Montserrat
675:Fort Royal
665:Guadeloupe
581:3rd Ushant
576:2nd Ushant
566:2nd Jersey
504:1st Jersey
489:1st Ushant
418:3rd Nassau
383:2nd Nassau
358:Montserrat
328:Fort Royal
298:Guadeloupe
233:1st Nassau
74:Montserrat
925:St. Kitts
887:from the
836:Negapatam
831:Providien
624:Caribbean
526:Gibraltar
468:1778–1783
273:RĂo Hondo
929:besieged
921:Barbados
787:Yorktown
777:Yorktown
772:Cape Ann
752:Savannah
630:Dominica
602:Atlantic
519:Plymouth
243:Dominica
238:Barbados
214:American
156:4 ships
151:Strength
69:Location
38:in 1811.
34:for the
1021:62°12′W
1018:16°45′N
935:Capture
889:British
613:Bermuda
608:Madeira
571:Minorca
161:Unknown
158:500 men
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846:Pisang
826:Sadras
680:Tobago
596:Ferrol
363:Roatán
333:Tobago
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112:France
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85:Result
958:Notes
561:Brest
1058:stub
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