Carribean: Expedition to St Juste (2) - the landing

continued from the previous post .....

For action on the island I've changed to my 28mm figs; if there is a naval engagement then it will be back to the 1/1200 scale ships.

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The fleet had arrived on the north-eastern coast of St Juste,  the landing point looked viable so it was decided to disembark the troops. On HMS Prince Albert, Captain Biedekker supervises the loading of troops onto boats ...

On the shore troops are disembarking. While a small naval landing party figure out best to move the cannon, the marines head in land .....

After some time tall the troops have landed and are moving in-land through the shoreline jungle into the more open land where there are farms and sugar plantations....

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Meanwhile the British landing has not gone un-noticed, their presence has been reported by a rider to the garrison commander in the fort at Port Louis.  French troops leave the fort and they will head in-land to Saigneville and then onwards to face the British ......

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After landing troops some of the British ships bombard Port Louis - to make a feint to think their may be an immediate landing to take the port. Here HMS Prince Albert sweeps the fort with a broadside ....

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to be continued .....