French invasion of the British-held island of Tobago in 1781
Invasion of Tobago
Part of the American Revolutionary War
French depiction of the invasion
Date
24 May–2 June 1781
Location
Tobago and St. Lucia
Result
French victory
Belligerents
Great Britain
France
Commanders and leaders
George Brydges Rodney George Ferguson Anthony St Leger Francis Samuel Drake
Comte de Grasse Marquis de Bouillé Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande Albert de Rions
Strength
800 regulars and militia 6 ships of the line
4,500 troops 24 ships of the line
Casualties and losses
800 Unknown troops lost to heat or captured, the rest surrendered 1 ship of the line lost
46 killed 105 wounded
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American Revolutionary War: West Indies
1st Nassau
Barbados
Dominica
1st St. Lucia
2nd St. Lucia
Saint Vincent
1st Grenada
2nd Grenada
Río Hondo
Cayo Cocina
San Fernando
12 December 1779
1st Martinique
Guadeloupe
2nd Martinique
Fort San Juan
Dutch West Indies
1st Demerara & Essequibo
Sint Eustatius
Fort Royal
Tobago
15 January 1782
Brimstone Hill
Frigate Bay
2nd Demerara & Essequibo
Montserrat
Roatán
The Saintes
Mona Passage
Black River
2nd Nassau
18 October 1782
6 December 1782
2 January 1783
15 February 1783
17 February 1783
Turks and Caicos
3rd Nassau
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War Involving France 1778–1783
Europe and Mediterranean
17 June 1778
1st Ushant
20 October 1778
11 September 1778
1st Jersey
13 May 1779
English Channel
Plymouth
Gibraltar
Flamborough Head
6 October 1779
15 June 1780
Cape Santa Maria
10 August 1780
13 August 1780
Brest
2nd Jersey
Minorca
2nd Ushant
3rd Ushant
Île-de-Batz
Cape Spartel
Ferrol
Atlantic
Madeira
Bermuda
Porto Praya
Caribbean
Dominica
1st St. Lucia
2nd St. Lucia
Saint Vincent
1st Grenada
2nd Grenada
1st Martinique
Guadeloupe
2nd Martinique
Fort Royal
Tobago
Brimstone Hill
Frigate Bay
Demerara & Essequibo
Montserrat
The Saintes
Mona Passage
18 October 1782
6 December 1782
15 February 1783
Grand Turk
North America
Rhode Island
Charles Town
Savannah
1st Long Island
Cape Henry
Cape Breton
Cape Ann
Yorktown
Chesapeake
Yorktown
Hudson Bay
2nd Long Island
Delaware Bay
2nd Chesapeake
East Indies
Pondicherry
Sadras
Providien
Negapatam
Batticaloa
Pisang
Trincomalee
1st Cuddalore
2nd Cuddalore
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