French retreated south past Baillif and Basse-Terre. Some of the French troops took refuge in Fort Saint-Charles(fr) and were besieged. The next day the English set fire to Basse-Terre. On 23 May Codrington, whose force was becoming weakened by disease, heard that a French fleet under Jean-Baptiste Ducasse had arrived with reinforcements. The French force regained Marie-Galante and then started disembarking reinforcements in the northeast Grand-Terre district. Codrington hastily reembarked leaving behind cannons and some of his wounded. The English left the island on 25 May. Hincelin, who had long been ill, died on 15 June 1695. He left his considerable fortune to the four religious orders on Guadeloupe. He was succeeded as governor of Guadeloupe by Charles Auger, who took office on 15 July 1695. Notes Sources 1694 deaths Governors of Guadeloupe