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Boyer-Peyreleau attempted to persuade Linois to declare his support for
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Bonaparte's abdication, and demanding that the French lay down their arms. They refused. However, on 7 August French newspapers from Barbados and Martinique arrived, with definitive news from Europe.
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February 1815 eventually reached the island in May, and divided it. Linois remained loyal to the King, while Boyer-Peyreleau led the Bonapartists. On 15 June the schooner
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British 1st and 2nd brigades landed at Anse Saint-Sauveur, on the south-eastern coast of
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General Eugène Édouard Boyer de Peyreleau as his deputy. News of Napoleon's return from exile in
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435:Invasion of Guadeloupe
132:Commanders and leaders
26:Invasion of Guadeloupe
904:History of Guadeloupe
879:1815 in the Caribbean
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201:Casualties and losses
81:Anglo-Bourbon victory
18:Battle of Guadeloupe
874:1810s in Guadeloupe
816:Napoleon's 100 Days
704:on 15 November 2016
583:West India Regiment
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909:August 1815 events
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838:"No. 17194"
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740:14 November
708:14 November
626:Basse-Terre
559:Le Messager
546:Chanticleer
533:brig-sloops
503:James Leith
459:Louis XVIII
333:Saint-Denis
308:2nd Genappe
289:1st Genappe
276:Quatre Bras
183:1 schooner
145:James Leith
71:West Indies
858:Categories
673:References
622:Fort Fleur
449:Background
412:18–24 June
407:17–18 June
402:16–17 June
391:Chronology
384:Guadeloupe
208:51 wounded
67:Guadeloupe
661:Aftermath
614:St. Louis
606:St. Lucia
541:Barbadoes
378:Caribbean
367:La Suffel
210:4 missing
206:16 killed
187:2 sloops
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610:Dominica
563:brigades
555:Diligent
529:Columbia
525:Espiegle
443:Waterloo
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295:Waterloo
174:Strength
62:Location
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455:in 1810
397:15 June
318:Cambrai
213:Unknown
189:1 brig
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551:Acteon
515:Dasher
471:Argile
343:Sèvres
179:5,000
78:Result
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