I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 657 Caribbean Independence Wave
The British artillery began to roar.

The black rebels in Nassau, oh, now should be called the "Bahamian National Army", immediately responded with cannons.

Last time, Galissonnier sent them 10 cannons. With their previous assets, there were now 17 cannons in the city, with firepower even stronger than that of the British.

General Brand kept urging his troops forward. Based on his experience fighting the black rebels over the past few months, as long as his soldiers could get within the range of the flintlock rifles, he could use his absolute superior training and equipment to quickly defeat the enemy.

Even though their own number was only half or even a quarter of the enemy's, those blacks did not have the courage to shoot back at the British army.

What's more, he has a huge military advantage this time.

It was only a matter of time before we recaptured Nassau.

In the French temporary command post, Lieutenant Colonel Galissonnier used a telescope to see that the British army was very close to the defense line of the Bahamian National Army. He turned his head to look to his side and rear, and couldn't help but frowning slightly.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire was heard from the southeast side.

Galissonier's frown immediately relaxed, and he picked up the pipe and pen from the small table beside him and put them in his pocket.

Soon, a messenger came on horseback and shouted, "General, our flank has been attacked. The enemy has more than 2,000 infantry and a small number of cavalry."

Galissonnier nodded and said calmly to the staff officer: "Order the 17th Infantry Regiment and the Charole Infantry Regiment to withdraw to the port. The cavalry should pay attention to cover them."

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!" The staff officer responded, but suddenly froze, "You mean, retreat?"

"That's right. The enemy's offensive is too fierce. If we persist any longer, our army will suffer huge casualties."

"But……"

Galissonnier shouted, "Execute the order immediately, Captain Bertrand! By the way, tell the officers to try not to clash with the enemy. Saving the lives of the soldiers is the most important thing. The rest is up to the British."

"This is, Lieutenant Colonel!"

Soon, the 3 French troops responsible for defending the flank began to "retreat" eastward, while the Bahamian National Army did not engage with them at all, but went straight to the British army that was attacking from the front.

Brand naturally also heard the gunshots from both wings. Although he was a little surprised that the blacks launched a flank attack, he didn't take it seriously.

There would be no problem for thousands of French troops to defend against the blacks. It would only take him two or three hours to break through the defenses of Nassau City, and then turn around to deal with the enemy on the flank. What was more likely to happen was that the French army and he would defeat the black army together.

Suddenly, continuous trumpet sounds were heard from the direction of Nassau City, followed by intensive military drum beats.

Brand raised his telescope and saw a large number of black soldiers lined up in crooked lines and rushed out of the city!
"These stupid niggers." A sneer appeared on Brand's lips.

If the black rebels had continued to hide behind the defense line and hold on, they would probably have to lose hundreds of soldiers before they could capture the city of Nassau, but they dared to rush out at this time.

If they attack head-on, their soldiers will be able to defeat the blacks in an instant.

Won!
Just as Brigadier General Brand was thinking about his speech after entering Nassau, he felt that the gunfire from both wings seemed to be getting closer.

He frowned and raised the telescope again, but was shocked to find that the left wing of the British infantry line began to fall into chaos.

"what happened?"

A ranger came hurriedly and said anxiously: "Report! The French army on the left wing was defeated by the rebels. More than a thousand rebels are approaching our infantry line!"

Brand was shocked and hurriedly transferred his reserve troops to the left wing to fill the hole, cursing in a low voice: "Are all French useless? They can't even beat a bunch of blacks!" Just as his more than 600 reserve troops began to line up and turn, another officer came to report that the French troops on the right wing were also beginning to collapse, and that thousands of black rebels also appeared there.

Brand's face suddenly turned pale.

At 3 p.m., 1 British soldiers under the city of Nassau dropped their weapons and surrendered to the Bahamian National Army.

The British were fully confident that they could defeat the untrained blacks in a head-on attack, but they were surrounded on three sides.

In order to make the attack sudden, Louverture did not even let the black soldiers form a battle line. He rushed directly into the British line formation from the side and rear, tearing the British soldiers to pieces with machetes and axes.

Under the cover of the cavalry, Brand barely escaped to the beach south of the Bahamas, which happened to be the camp left behind when the French army in Galissonnier was "defeated" last time.

There were less than 1 soldiers left around him.

The situation on the Spanish side was slightly better. The Bahamian rebels were obviously not interested in them and just attacked the British army fiercely, forcing them to withdraw most of their soldiers.

At dusk, the black people in Nassau took to the streets with torches in their hands, celebrating their hard-earned victory.

Members of the abolitionist movement could be seen everywhere standing on high places, giving speeches: “That’s right, our French friends who uphold freedom and equality don’t want to see us enslaved, so they took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield, giving us a chance to defeat the British!”

"The French army came to the Bahamas under pressure from the British. They never fired a shot at us. In fact, our French friends have been secretly transporting ammunition to us..."

This was a public opinion guidance arranged by the Bahamas Parliament at the request of the "Abolition League" in Saint Domingo.

Similar campaigns are also being carried out in Jamaica, the Lesser Antilles and other places.

Joseph spent so much effort to help the black people in the Caribbean regain their freedom, but he couldn't just receive their hatred in the end.

He wants gratitude.

It is the dependence of these newly established Caribbean countries on France, and the return they make.

Given Saint-Domingo's great influence in the Caribbean abolition movement, it was not difficult to guide public opinion.

Two days later, the Republic of the Bahamas held a national election on the back of victory in the Battle of Nassau.

In fact, the Bahamas is still far from having an effective administrative system. The parliament's control is basically around Nassau. So the election was over in just three days.

A total of more than 6 people voted, and Kenneth Lidington, commander of the Bahamas rebels, was elected the first president.

Louverture, a native of Saint-Domingue, actually received more than 5 votes - the Bahamas adopted the American model, with more than one vote per person - but he ultimately declined the invitation to serve as vice president.

On the other hand, Saint-Domingue also started the general election.

Compared to the Bahamas, the parliament here has been in operation for a long time and has formed effective management of various cities, so the election process is longer.

However, Auger's name had already spread throughout the Caribbean, and all the black slaves regarded him as their savior, so his victory was almost a foregone conclusion.

In Jamaica, after several months of operation, Oriol reassembled an army of 1500 people.

(End of this chapter)