By the end of 1760, the conquest of Canada was completed and a great number of British troops were left idle in North America.

As early as January 1761, William Pitt had informed Amherst that some of his troops would be required in the autumn for the conquest of Dominica, Saint Lucia and Martinique.

In the first days of June 1761, transports from America began to drop singly into Guadeloupe, the fleet having been dispersed by a storm.

The force consisted of: The landing consisted of Colonel Rollo, the Brigadier-General in America, in command of the troops, and Commodore Douglas, Commander-in-Chief at the Leeward Islands, in command of the four ships of the line, Montague, Sutherland, Belliqueux, his flag ship the Dublin, and two frigates.

The French captured and held Dominica island and France during the American War of Independence between 1778 and 1783, after which it was returned to British control.