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The British expedition against Martinique was a military action that took place in January and February 1762. It was part of the Seven Years' War. == Prelude == After the surrender of Dominica to a British expeditionary force, the French in Martinique fully expected the same expedition to head into their direction. Accordingly, they took measures for their defense. The French force in Martinique consisted of 1,200 regulars, 7,000 local militia and 4,000 hired privateersmen. Furthermore, the mountainous nature of the island made it rather easy to defend. The neighbouring British islands did what they could to help the mother-country: * Antigua sent blacks and part of her old garrison, the 38th Regiment of Foot which had not left her since Queen Anne's day; * Barbados raised 500 black and 500 white men, which were the more acceptable since that island was the rendezvous for the expedition. The first troops to arrive in Carlisle Bay were a detachment from Belle-Isle, Newfoundland consisting of: * 69th Regiment of Foot * Rufane’s Regiment of Foot * 90th Morgan’s Regiment of Foot * 98th Grey’s Regiment of Foot On 24 December 1761, the main army from America under the sails of Admiral Rodney and command of Brigadier Robert Monckton arrived in Carlisle Bay. This army was made up of eleven regiments: * 15th Regiment of Foot * 17th Regiment of Foot * 22nd Regiment of Foot * 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot * 28th Townshend's Regiment of Foot * 35th Regiment of Foot * 40th Armiger's Regiment of Foot * 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot (2 battalions) * 43rd Talbot's Regiment of Foot * 46th Thomas Murray's Regiment of Foot * 3rd battalion of the 60th Royal American Regiment of Foot * American rangers (a few companies) In all, the force entrusted to Monckton must have amounted to 8,000 men. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invasion of Martinique (1762)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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