The French invasion of Saint Kitts also known as the siege of Brimstone Hill, from 19 January–13 February 1782, was a part of the American Revolutionary...
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Saint Kitts (redirect from Island of Saint Kitts)
treaties or military action. Actions included the Siege of Brimstone Hill and the Battle of Saint Kitts. Parts of the island were heavily fortified, as exemplified...
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Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation...
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Revolutionary War Siege of Yorktown (1781) – American Revolutionary War Siege of Negapatam (1781) – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Siege of Brimstone Hill (1782) – Anglo-French...
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ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston; an on-the-scene account of the beginning of the American Revolution. Internet Archive. New...
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used cannon on Brimstone Hill in their 1689 siege, and in 1690 the British began construction on Brimstone Hill Fortress. The Treaty of Rijswijk in 1697...
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Charles Régis de Coriolis d'Espinouse (category French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
Saint Kitts on 24 and 25 January 1782, and in the Siege of Brimstone Hill and subsequent French invasion of Saint Kitts. Later in 1782, Coriolis d'Espinouse...
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Battle of St. Lucia in December 1778. Most of the regiment were captured at the siege of Brimstone Hill in February 1782 during the French invasion of Saint...
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse (category Counts of France)
directly led to the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown and helped secure the independence of the United States. After this action, de Grasse...
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could only observe the land action. After the successful French siege of Brimstone Hill fortress, St Kitts and Nevis surrendered on 12 February. Hood left...
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