On February 16 the Commander-in-Chief died, and Barrington determined to put an end to the inaction which was demoralizing the troops. Leaving the 63rd (Manchester) Regiment to hold Basse Terre (the defences of which on the land side had been considerably strengthened), Barrington embarked the rest of his troops and occupied Port Louis, whence he despatched Colonel Crump, of the 4th (King's Own), who had succeeded to the command of Haldane's brigade, to effect the reduction of the French settlements in the northern island. Early in April Brigadier Clavering was detached with his brigade (reduced to 1,300 men) to destroy the French position at Arnouville, in Guadeloupe itself. In this attack the 4th (King's Own) and the 42nd (Royal Highlanders) particularly distinguished themselves, and in the middle of the month Clavering was able to join hands with Crump, who had been withdrawn from the Grande Terre, and to march southwards along the coast. Position after position was carried until Clavering finally drove the French from their entrenchments at Capesterre, in the south-west of the mainland, where the inhabitants compelled the French commander to sue for terms; and on May 1 the possession of Guadeloupe passed into our hands. CASUALTIES DURING EXPEDITION TO GUADELOUPE, 1759. +--------------------------------+----------------------+--------------+ | | _Officers._ | _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +------+-------+-------+------+-------+ | |Killed|Wounded|Died of|Killed|Wounded| | | | |Disease| | | +--------------------------------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+ |Royal Artillery | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |Royal Navy | 1 | 1 | - | 30 | 68 | |3rd Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | |4th King's Own (Lancaster Regt.)| 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |38th Regt. (South Staffords) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 37 | |42nd (R. Highlanders) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 32 | |61st (2nd Gloucesters) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |63rd (1st Manchesters) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |64th (1st N. Staffords) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |65th (1st York and Lancaster) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | +--------------------------------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+ NOTE.--I am indebted to the courtesy of the Army Council for this hitherto unpublished return of the rank and file killed and wounded at Guadeloupe. MARTINIQUE, 1762. This distinction was conferred on the following regiments by an Army Order in November, 1909: