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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
Found 30 total hits in 13 results.
St. Lucia (Saint Lucia) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
French West Indies, the
Canada conquered, the British turned their arms against the French West India Islands, in which the colonies participated.
Gaudeloupe had already been taken.
General Monckton, after submitting his commission as governor to the council of New York, sailed from that port (January, 1762), with two line-of-battle ships, 100 transports, and 1,200 regulars and colonial troops.
Major Gates (afterwards adjutant-general of the Continental army) went with Monckton as aide-de-camp, and carried to England the news of the capture of Martinique.
Richard Montgomery (afterwards a general in the Continental army) held the rank of captain in this expedition.
The colonial troops were led by Gen. Phineas Lyman.
Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent's—indeed, every island in the Caribbean group possessed by the French-fell into the hands of the English.
The French fleet was ruined, and French merchantmen were driven from the seas.
British vessels, including those of New
New England (United States) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
West Indies (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
French West Indies, the
Canada conquered, the British turned their arms against the French West India Islands, in which the colonies participated.
Gaudeloupe had already been taken.
General Monckton, after submitting his commission as governor to the council of New York, sailed from that port (January, 1762), with two line-of-battle ships, 100 transports, and 1,200 regulars and colonial troops.
Major Gates (afterwards adjutant-general of the Continental army) went with Monckton as aide-de-camp, and carried to England the news of the capture of Martinique.
Richard Montgomery (afterwards a general in the Continental army) held the rank of captain in this expedition.
The colonial troops were led by Gen. Phineas Lyman.
Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent's—indeed, every island in the Caribbean group possessed by the French-fell into the hands of the English.
The French fleet was ruined, and French merchantmen were driven from the seas.
British vessels, including those of New
Grenada (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
Martinique (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
Merrill E. Gates (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the
French West Indies, the
Canada conquered, the British turned their arms against the French West India Islands, in which the colonies participated.
Gaudeloupe had already been taken.
General Monckton, after submitting his commission as governor to the council of New York, sailed from that port (January, 1762), with two line-of-battle ships, 100 transports, and 1,200 regulars and colonial troops.
Major Gates (afterwards adjutant-general of the Continental army) went with Monckton as aide-de-camp, and carried to England the news of the capture of Martinique.
Richard Montgomery (afterwards a general in the Continental army) held the rank of captain in this expedition.
The colonial troops were led by Gen. Phineas Lyman.
Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent's—indeed, every island in the Caribbean group possessed by the French-fell into the hands of the English.
The French fleet was ruined, and French merchantmen were driven from the seas.
British vessels, including those of New
Phineas Lyman (search for this): entry french-west-indies-the