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Battle of St. Lucia

Grant and Prescott took control of the high ground around the bay, while Medows continued on and took Vigie the following morning (14 December).


Battle of St. George's Caye

In 1783, hostilities were brought to an end by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which allowed the Baymen rights between the Belize and Hondo rivers; this was extended with the 1786 Convention of London to the Sibun River.

Colonists appealed to Jamaican Lieutenant Governor Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, for assistance.

Battle of St. Quentin

Battle of St. Quentin Canal, attack by the British Fourth Army on the Hindenburg Line in September 1918

Battle of the Canal du Nord (September 1918), the French breaching of the Hindenburg line is sometimes called the "battle of Saint Quentin"

Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, attack at Mont St. Quentin near Péronne by the Australian Corps in August 1918

There have been a number of battles known as the Battle of Saint Quentin, most of which were fought in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, Aisne in Picardy, France.

Operation Michael (March 1918), German operation which the British called the "battle of Saint Quentin"

Benjamin Hinman

Although ravaged by sickness, his regiment was the nucleus of the army led to Canada by General Montgomery and was present at the battle of St. Johns, the reduction of Montreal, and siege of Quebec.

Capture of St. Lucia

On that same day, Commodore William Hotham was dispatched from Sandy Hook, New York, to reinforce the British fleet in the West Indies.

Catherine L. Malone

From November of 1996 to present she works as a field research assistant in various Caribbean nations, such as Dominican Republic, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, and Saba, St. Lucia.

Hammad Azam

On 23 April 2011, Azam along with Mohammad Salman and Junaid Khan made their one day international debuts against West Indies in St. Lucia.

Knocking Our Own Ting

Knocking Our Own Ting is an article length satire written by Evan X Hyde discussing the Battle of St. George's Caye, a naval battle off the coast of Belize occurring in 1798.

Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery

In 1918, the division faced the German offensive in the First Battles of the Somme: Battle of St. Quentin (21 – 23 March), First Battle of Bapaume (24 and 25 March), and the Battle of the Ancre (5 April).

Lucia Peak

It was named after Chief master sergeant Charles R. Lucia who served with the 109th Airlift Wing as Chief of Maintenance Control during the transition of LC-130 operations from the U.S. Navy to the Air National Guard.

Maestro de campo

One of the most famous maestro de campo was Julian Romero, a common soldier who reached the rank of maestro de campo and that brought victory to the Spanish tercios in the battles of San Quintín and Gravelines.

Peter Goldring

A week after the passage of Hurricane Ivan over Grenada, Goldring visited the islands of Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Grenada, touring much of the destruction left on Grenada.

Sodwana Bay

Sodwana Bay is located on the east coast of South Africa, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi.

Sounds of St. Lucia: Live

Sounds of St. Lucia: Live is a live album released by Image Entertainment, on both CD and DVD, of a performance by Acoustic Alchemy at the tenth St. Lucia Jazz Festival in 2000.

St. George's Caye

From 3 September through 10 September 1798, British settlers fought and defeated a small Spanish fleet sent to drive them from the area; this battle is marked as a national holiday in Belize each September 10 as the Battle of St. George's Caye.

St. Lucia's flood

The island of Griend was almost destroyed, only ten houses were left standing.

University of the Southern Caribbean

Menissa Rambally - 1997 - St. Lucia`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations 2012 -, Cabinet Minister, St. Lucia.


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