The Earl of Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, dispatched a brigade to Bermuda, from where a blockade of the American coast and even the occupation of some coastal islands had been overseen throughout the war.
The Earl of Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, dispatched a brigade to Bermuda, where the Royal Navy was building a dockard to replace the North American bases it had lost to American independence. A blockade of the American coast and even the occupation of some coastal islands had been overseen from Bermuda throughout the war.