1759news mag French Indian War CARIBBEAN MAP Guadaloupe Start Price USD 49.99 Current Price USD 49.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Sunday, December 28, 2008 Location Parkton, Maryland See more about '1759news mag French Indian War CARIBBEAN MAP Guadaloupe' Description Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: http://stores.ebay.com/Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL monthly news magazine, London Magazine  (London, ENGLAND) dated June, 1759. Inside page, blank back map of "Plan of the General Attack upon the Island of Guadaloupe, Jan 23rd, 1759." There is also a LONG and VERY DETAILED ten (10) page report on the NAVAL BATTLE  of GUADALOUPE during the French & Indian War. The map shows the opposing French and British naval fleets and the 10 pages of text is a very detailed account of that French & Indian War naval Battle in the CARIBBEAN !!! The British expedition against Guadeloupe was a military action from November 1758 to May 1759 , as part of the French & Indian War (Seven Years' War). Prelude To divert French troops from Germany, William Pitt decided to attack France wherever they could. British troops were sent on diversionary attacks on the French coast, at St. Malo and Cherbourg. An expedition to western Africa captured the French slaving station at Senegal. In North America, a force was dispatched to take Louisbourg and Quebec. In India Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey. For 1759, Pitt directed attention to the West Indies, specifically Martinique and Guadeloupe. Major-General Peregrine Hopson, who had been Governor at Nova Scotia before the outbreak of war, was appointed to the chief command, and Colonel John Barrington, a junior officer, was selected to be his second. On November 12 1758, the transports, escorted by 8 ships of the line under Commodore Hughes, got under way and sailed with a fair wind to the west. On January 3 1759, the British expedition reached Barbados where Commodore John Moore was waiting with two more ships of the line to join it and to take command of the fleet. The total expeditionary force numbered some 6,800 men. Attempt against Martinique The primary target of the attack was Martinique. Hopson landed his troops near Fort Royal and fought a battle against the French, leaving 100 British dead or wounded. The terrain ahead was judged so difficult, that it was decided to re-embark the troops immediately. a second landing was considered at Saint-Pierre but the defenses were so formidable that Hopson decided to abandone the attack on Martinique and to proceed to Guadeloupe. Attack against Guadeloupe The fleet sailed to Basse-Terre and on January 23 opened fire on the town, reducing it to a heap of blackened ruins. At dawn on January 24, the British troops were landed, and moved land inwards for some 5 km, until they met a strong French position in a rugged, mountainous terrain. By that time the men on the sick list numbered 1,500, or fully a quarter of the force. Hopson's health was failing rapidly too and he remained inactive. Even the representations of Barrington could not stimulate him to further action. On February 27, Hopson died, leaving the command to devolve to Barrington. The British expeditionary force was by now on the brink of destruction. More than 600 invalids had been sent to Antigua, and another 1,600 men were on the sick list. The remainder were succumbing so fast that sufficient men could hardly be found to do the daily duty. Meanwhile, John Moore, being fortunately independent of Hopson in respect of naval operations, had sent ships round to Fort Louis. They speedily battered the fort into surrender and installed a garrison of 300 Highlanders and Marines. Barrington quickly put an end to the fatal period of inaction. He attacked from 3 sides and forced the French governor Nadau du Treil to capitulate on May 1, 1759. Aftermath The island had been conquered, but the climate had not and it took its revenge. By the close of the 7 months that remained of the year 1759 nearly 800 officers and men of the garrison had found their graves in Guadeloupe. The island was given back to France after the Treaty of Paris (1763). Each magazine has approximately 60 pages and the page size is 8 1/4" x 5 1/4". The magazines were issued with several blank back engraved illustrated plates relating to various subjects in that particular issue. London Magazine is quite similar in display and content to the more common Gentleman's Magazine and is in essence the "Time" or "Newsweek" news magazine of the 18th and 19th Centuries !! It was also one of the first general-interest magazines, and one of the most influential periodicals of its time. Great engraving of the skyline of London in the masthead on the front page.  Very good condition. This listing includes the original news magazine including the illustrated title page as well as the 2 engraved blank back plates. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. 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