Lucia, St.Vincent.By these acquisitions the English colonies at Antigua, St.Kitts, and Nevis, as well as the ships trading to those islands, were secured against the enemy, the commerce of England received large additions, and all the Lesser Antilles, or Windward Islands, became British possessions.
Admiral Pocock was joined off Cape St.Nicholas by the West Indian reinforcement on the 27th of May, and as the season was so far advanced, he took his great fleet through the old Bahama channel instead of the usual route around the south side of Cuba.

This was justly considered a great feat in those days of poor surveys, and was accomplished without an accident.

Lookout and sounding vessels went first, frigates followed, and boats or sloops were anchored on shoals with carefully arranged signals for day or night.

Having good weather, the fleet got through in a week and appeared before Havana.

The operations will not be given in detail.