 Also in late 1665, an English force from Jamaica and Barbados captured the Dutch possession of Tobago.The French declaration of war on the side of the Dutch altered the balance of power in the Caribbean and facilitated a Dutch counterattack.The first successes of the new allies were the French recapture of Tobago in August 1666, a joint Franco-Dutch recapture of Sint Eustatius in November 1666 and a French capture of the English island of Antigua in the same month.