Meanwhile, in February, 1762, the 3rd Battalion, moving to the West Indies, had taken part in the capture of MARTINIQUE. It subsequently joined the expedition to Cuba under the _Earl of Albemarle_, where, led by Brigadier-General Haviland,[8] it played a leading part in the capture of HAVANNAH from the Spaniards on the 13th of August. ----- Footnote 1: Afterwards Brigadier-General Bouquet. Born 1719, died 1765. The victor of Bushey Run. A brilliant officer, of the highest capacity as a leader and administrator. It has been said that by his untimely death Great Britain lost a general whose presence might well have caused the American War of Independence to assume a different aspect. For biographical sketch _vide_ Regimental Chronicle, 1910. Footnote 2: General James Abercromby, Colonel-in-Chief, 1757–1758. Footnote 3: Afterwards Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Haldimand. Born 1718, died 1791. Commander-in-Chief in North America, and Governor of Quebec—a distinguished soldier-statesman. Footnote 4: Afterwards Major-General John Bradstreet. Born 1710, died 1774; a successful leader of irregular troops. Footnote 5: Afterwards Major-General. Born 1723, died 1786; dangerously wounded in July, 1759, above Quebec; the victor of Savannah, 1779, and a distinguished soldier. Footnote 6: Afterwards Field Marshal Sir Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, Colonel-in-Chief, 1758–1797. Footnote 7: The Grenadier Companies also of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were included in the six companies composing the Louisberg Grenadiers, which occupied the place of honor in the front line. Footnote 8: General William Haviland was Colonel Commandant in 1761–1762. II. 1764–1807.—WEST INDIES AND THE AMERICAN WAR. [Sidenote: WEST INDIES.] On the termination of the French War in America the British Army was reduced, and in 1764 and 1763 respectively the 3rd and 4th Battalions were disbanded. The discontented and hostile feeling of the American Colonies at this period rendered it advisable to transfer The Royal Americans to the West Indies, recruited as they were from the Colonists themselves. Thus it fell to the lot of the Regiment to take a prominent share in the conquest and annexation of the West Indian Islands and the adjacent coast, which took place at this period. The officers in many instances filled important posts as Governors and Administrators of the various islands. On the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775 the 3rd and 4th Battalions were again raised in England and despatched to the West Indies, and thence to Florida, where they figured prominently in the operations in that region. [Sidenote: 1779, SAVANNAH.] [Sidenote: AMERICAN WAR.]