Forts and rivalry in Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

DR RITA PEMBERTON WHEN TOBAGO was ceded to Britain in 1763, the authorities were aware that France had not given up hope of gaining possession of the island and there was need to develop a strategy to deal with a possible French assault. However, the authorities were anxious to keep the island in British hands

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