 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto eBritain akanga avhara mashoko akawanda akanga atumirwa kubva kuzvitsuwa zvacho muna 1808, uye boka guru revarwi rakavakwa paBarbados nemirairo yokupinda uye kutora nyika dzeFrance nokukurumidza sezvinobvira. Chinangwa chavo chokutanga chaiva Martinique, iyo yakapindirwa ndokutorwamukati maFebruary 1809. Zvitsuwa zviri kure zvakatorwa mumwedzi mishomanana yakatevera uye boka guru reFrance rekusimbisa rakapfigirwa uye rakakundwa pedyo neÎles des Saintes muna April: vaFrance vakarasikirwa nechikepe chemutsara, uye mamwe ma frigates maviri akabatwa munaJune naJuly sezvavakaedza kudzokera kuFrance. Nokurasikirwa kukuru kwakadaro, vaFrench vakatora nguva kugadzirira nhamburiko yavo inotevera apo vaBritain vakatsauswa neReconquista muSanto Domingo, nhimbe yeSpain yokudzinga vaFrench muchitsuwa cheHispaniola icho pakupedzisira chakagumiswa muna July 1809 nebetsero yezvikepe zveBritain. Pakazosvika mugumo wa 1809, mukuru mukuru weBritain, Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, akanga achigadzirazve uto rokurwisa, panguva ino rakanangidzirwa kuGuadeloupe. Akanga asimbisa chikwata chaiva nechokuvhara chiteshi chikuru chechitsuwa cheBasse-Terre, uye akaisa mauto anorema paMartinique kana vaizodiwa. Ngarava imwe neimwe yakanga yakapararira munzira dzokuenda kuchitsuwa cheFrance, yakagadzirira kudzivisa kusimbiswa kupi nokupi kwaiuya. Dzimwe ngarava dzakashanda dzichirwisa ngarava dzakanga dzatoiswa mungarava kuGuadeloupe: rimwe boka revarwi rakapamba corvette Nisus kubva kuDeshaies musi wa12 Zvita. 