The reduction of _Fort Desaix_ (or Fort Bourbon) by the first division of the army, which was effected on the 24th of February, completed the reduction of _Martinique_, and the flank companies rejoined the regiment at Dominica. [Sidenote: 1810] In 1810, the flank companies of the regiment were selected to form part of an expedition under Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith, K.B., against the island of _Guadaloupe_, which had been restored to the French at the Peace of Amiens. The expedition arrived before the island in January, 1810. The grenadiers composed part of the First Grenadier Battalion, and the light company that of the Second Light Battalion. On the 3rd of February the grenadiers were engaged in the attack on the enemy's post at _Bellair_, on the heights of Saint Louis, on which occasion the following report was made in the despatches of Brigadier-General George Harcourt to Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith, commanding the forces in the West Indies. "_Post Bellair, Morne St. Louis, 7th February, 1810._ "Where all deserve so much praise, it is difficult to discriminate, but the good fortune of the grenadiers of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, under Captain Alexander Ogilvie, and of the First Light Infantry Battalion, under Lieut.-Colonel David Stewart, brought their merits conspicuously forward. They in truth behaved most admirably. (Signed) "G. HARCOURT, "_Brigadier-General_, "_Commanding Second Division._" The regiment had three rank and file killed, and one serjeant and eight rank and file wounded. [Sidenote: 1811] The FORTY-SIXTH having been much reduced in numbers during the arduous services of the regiment in the West Indies, the head-quarters embarked on board the "Earl" transport, on the 13th of November, 1811, for England, and arrived at Liverpool on the 13th of December, from whence they marched to Kingsbridge, in Devonshire.[17] Four companies of the regiment, about two hundred strong, continued to serve in the West Indies after the departure of the head-quarters. [Sidenote: 1812] On the 18th of March 1812, the FORTY-SIXTH regiment embarked on board the "Nautilus" transport at Plymouth for Jersey, and arrived in St. Aubin's Bay on the 11th of April, when it marched to Grouville, in the eastern division of the island, the head-quarters being stationed at Mont Orgueil Castle. In June 1812, the four companies which had been left in the West Indies, arrived at Portsmouth in the "Shipley" transport, and proceeded, without landing, to Jersey. A few officers and men, who came home from the West Indies in the "John Tobin" merchantman, arrived in the same month at Liverpool, and proceeded to the regiment at Jersey. [Sidenote: 1813]