Produced by Steven Gibbs, Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT. THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT. BY A.B. ELLIS, _Major, First West India Regiment._ AUTHOR OF "WEST AFRICAN ISLANDS" AND "THE LAND OF FETISH". London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1885. CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. I beg to return my best thanks to A.E. HAVELOCK, Esq., C.M.G. Administrator-in-Chief of the West African Settlements; Lieutenant-Colonel F.B.P. WHITE, of the 1st West India Regiment; V.S. GOULDSBURY, Esq., Administrator of the Gambia Settlements; A. YOUNG, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara; F. EVANS, Esq., C.M.G., Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast Colony; ALFRED KINGSTON, Esq., of the Record Office; and RICHARD GARNETT, Esq., of the British Museum, for the very valuable assistance which they have rendered me in the collection of materials for this Work. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER I. THE ACTION AT BRIAR CREEK, 1779--THE ACTION AT STONO FERRY, 1779 26 CHAPTER II. THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH, 1779--THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN, 1780--THE BATTLE OF HOBKERK'S HILL, 1781 33 CHAPTER III. THE RELIEF OF NINETY-SIX, 1781--THE BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS, 1781--REMOVAL TO THE WEST INDIES 43 CHAPTER IV. THE EXPEDITION TO MARTINIQUE, 1793--THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, ST. LUCIA, AND GUADALOUPE, 1794--THE DEFENCE OF FORT MATILDA, 1794 53 CHAPTER V. MALCOLM'S ROYAL RANGERS--THE EVACUATION OF ST. LUCIA, 1795 63 CHAPTER VI. THE CARIB WAR IN ST. VINCENT, 1795 69 CHAPTER VII. MAJOR-GENERAL WHYTE'S REGIMENT OF FOOT, 1795 77 CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTURE OF ST. LUCIA, 1796 85 CHAPTER IX. THE RELIEF OF GRENADA, 1796--THE REPULSE AT PORTO RICO, 1797 93 CHAPTER X. THE DEFENCE OF DOMINICA, 1805 103 CHAPTER XI. THE HURRICANE AT DOMINICA, 1806--THE REDUCTION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX, 1807--THE RELIEF OF MARIE-GALANTE, 1808 117 CHAPTER XII. THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, 1809--THE CAPTURE OF GUADALOUPE, 1810 125 CHAPTER XIII.