And St Christopher (St Kitts) (British) – a green island with a dramatically steep central mountain range, much of which is covered in rainforest; In this photo, you can see an outline of an old fort, Brimstone Hill. British-built, it was captured by the French in a siege during which 1,000 British soldiers held out for some months against 8,000 French. Eventually, they arranged surrender with full honour. St Kitts, with its sister island, Nevis, became British under the treaty of Versailles in 1783.
