Upper Rhine France Southern Italy North Germany and Scandinavia Pyrenees Americas Naval battles The French fleet retreated but made a second attempt to capture Tobago at the end of the year, during the Second Battle of Tobago, which took place on 11 December 1677.

D'Estrées stopped briefly at Barbados to find out what he could about the strength of the Dutch, then reached Tobago on 6 December 1677.

[3]Blénac led the land force of 950 men, with an artillery train to besiege the Dutch fort.

[3] The mortars and cannon had to be dragged about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the top of a hill that overlooked the fort, which took three days.

The third shell fired by the French hit the powder magazine, and the explosion destroyed the fort.