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Map of the 1778 attack on Saint Lucie

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Map of the 1778 attack on Saint Lucie

Cornhill, John Bowles

Title Leupe: Attacks of St. Lucie, December 1778.

In December 1778, the British fleet attacked the French island of St. Lucia. This image was made to celebrate the resulting British victory, and shows the troop movements that led to this victory in the face of great French numerical superiority.

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