At the Jamaica Committee, which was equivalent to the Congress's deployed army, after being defeated by the Jamaican abolitionist movement, the rebels had already formed an encirclement of the capital, Kingston.
The Governor, Lord Aire, frantically requested reinforcements from England.
Considering Jamaica's huge economic interests, William Pitt Junior almost unhesitatingly dispatched an expeditionary force.
General Brand leaped onto the dock, turned his head to look at the soldiers disembarking from the "Little Grey Elephant" transport ship, and shouted loudly, "Move faster, you wastrels! Each minute we delay here, those Negroes might burn down another plantation!"
He took the reins from his attendant and said to his staff, "Send out scouts immediately to confirm the location of the Negro armies. Oh, and establish contact with Lord Aire as soon as possible to prepare a victory banquet for the soldiers."