 By the morning of 8 July , the French had still failed to concentrate their forces , which consisted of 576 regular French Army soldiers and 2 @,@ 717 militia dispersed across the island . Seeing that a landing on the beach at Grande <unk> was still practical , Captains Rowley and Lambert successfully landed their contingents , providing Keating with sufficient force to march on Saint Denis . While Keating was landing , Frazier had advanced on the capital from the west , storming a French barricade on the road from Saint Paul and routing its defenders with minimal casualties . Brushing aside French resistance in a series of minor skirmishes , Keating and Frazier 's forces closed on Saint Denis . The advancing British were met at 18 : 00 by representatives of Sainte @-@ Suzanne , who later signed a capitulation that surrendered the entire island to Rowley , Keating and Farquhar with its garrison and supplies . 
