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From the LONDON GAZETTE,' May 12. ihrwvirtg-Street, May 'lr, I,Bot Dispatches, of which the fallowing are Copies, addressed to the Right Honorable lienry`,Dandas, were`last night received at the Office of the Right Honorable Lord" - tioba t rt, one of His Majesty's Principai' Sctfretati6 - 61 - State, horn - Lieutenant_ Genera!, Trigge, Commander in Chief of His Ma jt s 's F orce, in the Leeward and Windward Cha 6bl:tee 7 ,slanls. :?Onbvard•His Ala:jetty's Sh;p LeviatZan; 'at . S,erz,: 22d Jl , ::?rch, 1801. Hiving already 'detailed .in my Di . spatehes of the Ist, t 4.01, and isih. instant, (\o. 7,8; and 9,) they:ll'l6lls arrangements that had been made to enidale ate to carry into effect His Majesty's Com mands, cotntnunicated in your Letters of.the r+th and 31st of jaouary, I have now the Honour to acquaint you,',.tlOt having been joined on the . 16th, ar St. John's; Antigua, the appointed rendezvous, by the Bth West_ Regiment, from Etilish Harbour, weLsitiled .the same evening, - with the force there colleded, consisting of a •Detachment of the Royal Artillery, the 3d and - 11th Reginients . of Foot, -and the Bth We s t I n di a Regiment, but owing to the 'calms and light It inds thit prevailed, we made so little progresf, as not to arrivcat Bartholomew's, until the motnin2,- of the loth, al though the Passage is generally made in the . course of a few hours. Rear Admiral Duckworth, conceiving it, might be useful to order the Andromeda from Antigua, with a view to prevent any Vessis communicating with the Island of St. Bartholomew, Capt. Bradt)) , was accordingly dispatched on that service, of which opportunity I availed myself to send Liente milt Colonel Shipley, the commanding Engineer,. for the purpose of inking observations, and to dis_ . cover where a landing might be made with the least risk to the Troops. The Report of Lieutenant COlonel Shipley, and Captain Bradby,• was very • corred, and, hid occasion required us to have acted on their information, would no doubt. have . prred of very essential consequence, in facilitating the re. dudion of the Island. A disposition _was •made. for' landing. on the morning of the• 19th; bUt being becalmed .the whole of that day,. in s i g h t o f the Island, and thereby losing the aci , :=:ant4ge that would have been derived from a sudden and unexix' ded 'attack, to gether with the information we' had received by a vessel lately . from St. Bartholomeiv;.`that the Go vernor was -unprepared, and indeed possessed no means of deferice, we determined at once to send in a Summons, : which was accordingly done on the morning of the loth, and I am happy to ac qua i nt .you was f o ll owe d b y the' immediate surrender of the island. "I have the Honor to transmit to you herewith, for your mote particular information, Copies of the Summons ilnd Capitulation, together with a Return of the Ordnance found in the Island of St. Bartho lomew: I hare the Honor to be, &c. &c. (Signed) THO. TRIGGE, Lieut. Gen. [Here follows the Summons and Articles of Capitulation, as inscrtod in Admiral Duckworth's Dispatch.] Return of Odrante, &c. taftnred in de • :j S!. Bartiiols - mew, March' I v 1801. Twenty-four-Pounders, 6 F4htLen-Pounders, 8 Six-Pound - 635, .Four-Pounders, 4. Three-Pounders, 6 Two-Pounders. - Garrison Carriages complete.-6 Twenty-four Pounders, 6 Eighteen Pounders, 9 Four-Pounders. ,3 Thrce-Pounders, 2 Two-Pounders ; With a'considerable proportion of Ordn.thce and Engineers' Stores. StR, FRANCIS LAVE, Lieut. Col. commanding Royal Artillery, Charibbec Islands. . , His Majesty's Ship Leviathan, at Sea, 27th March, 18QT. I have:the Honor to acquaint' ou, that. the Island of St. Martin surrendered to the British Forces on the i4th instant. . It having considered of much consequence that tile; least delay possible should take place after the Sur- . render of Sr. Bartholo:new, every exertion was . made to complete the arrangements necessary to enable us to leave that-Island, • which were finally concluded on the mi. •At the moment when we were about to sail, the Proselyte from England, with nine Transports un der convoy, hove in sight, on Which we. mmediate ly weighed, ,and joined them about ten o'clock that night, when we found, that one Transport was nussing,, with two hundred men of the 64. th Regi_ nient,on board. — On, thel following d a y a' t noon,' we • were also' joined by the Coromandel ; with the ~2d West India Re g im ent . : The ShTs bc War and the Transorts, during the, night of :he zici, drew as near to the Island_of Sr. .Martin as appeared consistent with safety, and at day-light ing morning tt . ood ,into Little Cole Bay, The Troou's having been divided into two Bri gades, a disr,itinn ‘vas made for landing. The- First Brig..de, under the Contmand of -Brigadier-' . • General Fuller, was scompos4'of.the iv Battalion of the Royals,. the i Ith Regiment,' and zd West In. dia Reginient, and was destined to make- an attack on ' , Fort Chesterfield,'_ near the Town of IVlarigot,' situated in thr-FrencluQuarter of the bland, - The Second Brigade, commanded. by Brigadier- General Maitland, cothi:ited of Six Companii!s of the 3d Regiment, th,e'64,th, and pour Companies of the Bth West India ; and was intended for the at tack-of Fort Amsterdam, and the Town of Philips.. burgh in the Dutch Quarter, a proportion of Field 'Artillery being attached to each Brigade. The Bay fixed on fur the Troops to land in be. ing in the Dutch °timer, and contiguous to Fort Amsterdam, the• zd Brigade was' in consequence landed first; which was effeCied without opposition. During this Operatiolythe Transport arrived with the_ vart of the 64. th RegiMent, which had beer.' and.being ordered to run close in With The shote, the men were landed in time to join their Regiment. • Brigadier-General Maitland, having gained the Heights towards : Fort Amsterdam, was soon opposed by dc;::, 11_41 Parties Of the Enemy. Th e B t h, W est Indi4 gegimenr, being principally engaged on those occasions, was always successful. ' It appeared that almost the whole Force of the Enemy had I , cen drawn to the' Dutch quarter, whereas it was expefte&that the principal resistance would haviheen made 'itit'ort thetterficld. The Enerny, rather *than ,Ait an 'attack from our Troops, which, the ` y.were dto expect, by otir pOssesing'the.l,-leiglitsa-t no gre (distance frqtn the Fort and 'Lowe, determined to' attack, vith a..con siderable part 'Of their Force, one of the Positions which we octupied, and brought' out. t‘f7o "field pieces with about three hundr{d msp for the,purpose., The Dody of our Troops, on Which this attack was made, Consisted of four Companies ,of.tlie sixty fourth Regitrient; under the immediate command of 1 Lieutenant COloner PakenhaM, and two COmpanies of =the' Bth Vest India ; Regiment, who evinced, on , this occasion,.•4re greatest; courage and steadiness, ' repulsed and pursued the Enemy, and took possession of the two .field,pieces. . - • The loss of the Enemy, which they' thefnselves state-to be Much more considerable, Was certainly not less than..between filTry and sixty kiged'ind wounded, which must appear a.great dumber when compared with the few men ve had wounded in this afFair. . , That the 64th, one of the 'finest Regiments 1 ever saw, commanded as it was, should have behaved in manner is not surprising; but I have peculiar . satisfaetion in being enabled to add, that the Bth West India Regiment, formed ' within. the last three years, and composed almost entirely of new Negrde.., who never had before seen an Enemy, engaged with a degree of gallantry, and behaved in a manner that-would do honour to any Troops. • - After ,the Attack now Mentioned,. the Enemy made no further attempt, blit between four.and five o'clock in the afternoon a communication was open ed, and the Capitulation finally concluded by twelve that night. The first Brigade, when landed, proceeded to the French Quarter without opposition , ,. and wok pos session of Lee's Hill, which command's _Fort Ches terfield, and had prepared to commence an Attack, which was ordered to be "made on , that Post at day break on the 25th. - • The Crews of some Privateers, who I forined a considerable part of th e Fnemy's Ford; finding the attack on our Position•itad failed, returned to their ships and put to sea. - The regular,. Troops,. to. the number of at least "three hundred-and , rwerity, had laid down their arms before my departnie ;" and it is•probable there were tlll,triore who ,bad no, then surrendered. The Officer of the Navy and the geamen went through the laborious task of disernbarkiog the -Troops, and dragging the guns up steep and rugged hills, with 'a spirit acid cheerfulness highly honour able. to themselves, and gratifying" -to those who witnessed their'ztal and exertions. Were I merely to say that Rear-Admiral DuckWOrth.gave every possi ble assistance, I might be undet7tood only to mean that he did his duty ; an expression. torally , inade quate to, convey what feel, as,- exclusive of all .that can be' comprehended under t h e mos t extens i ve, meaning of the,word'Doty, his -many a6ts of kind_ . ness must be-remembered bY:mewith gratitUde, and - , by every Oment .and soldics• 3crving on - this pedition.. I have alsO much pleasure in bearing testimony to the zeal manifested by the whole of the Troops, whose condtitt was so highly creditable, as to entitle them toirty warmest praise. It likewise affords' me particular salisfaetion have an. opportunity of expressing, -through thi, ,channeli my acknowledgments to Brigadiers Gene ral Fuller and _Maitland, • for She rn'anficr' in whi c h they cionduaed the Services entrusted to them, and to Lieuteriant:Colonel Gl'eastimei, 'the Adjillint. General, Lieutenant-Colonel Layei commanding, the . Royale Artillery, 'and tieutenant-Colonel Ship.' ley, the. commanding -Engineer,- for -the unremitting exertons which they used in their respedive situa -tion-s, as well as - to theOfficers - onimanding the seve rat CotO,lot the attention and alacrity 'so eminent_ iy "conspicuous in the disaarge of their duty. • '1 have the Honour -to enclose to 'you . herewith, copies'of the Summons and Articles of Capitulation, an .which the,lsland of Saint Martin has been Sur rendered to -His • Majesty, . trigether 'with a Return of the Ordnanee taken pos i gession of, and a, Return of the wounded. I har& , the Honcer td be,' &c. &c. jSigned) . THOS. TRlGGE;Lieutetiant.General. [See the Summon; and Artider of - Capitulation iu Admiral Duck:Valli/I DiifilliCh.] 'Aniiterartr, March 25, ILI. Return of Ordnance, captured bland of Saint Alattiz. Iron, on Garrison Carriages, wit!), Trucks,. &c. complete. 6 Twentp:fatit-Pognders, Sixteen.:Ponnder, 3' rivelve: Pounders, ..2 Nine-Pouriders, 5. Eight-Pounders, 14, Six- POunders,; I). F. • . On Travelling Carriages-4 Three-Pouriders. On. Skidr.-t Eighteen-Pounder, 7 long Six-Pounders, 4' light Six-Potinders,' 14 Four-Pounders, 6 -Three- Pouridert, •8 Two.,Potinders, 13 One-Pounders. • y . 4 dif Travelling CarrineS—z TWO-Founder With a tatisidentble proportion' dif Ordnance and- En&lneeTs' Stores,' (Signed). . FRANCIS LAY E, Lieitterfanr-C016141 commanding, Royal Artiliery,kc. CEO - ribbee lsiands: • ~..; • :.. • Sa in t Ma rti 6" 24, O o t. • Returnof Tounded. . . . .." 6.0 Regiment- 1 -6 Rank and File: •:, (Signed) • ALBERT:GLE DSTANES,'.Lietztenant- Colonel and Adjut.int.:Ceneral.. -• . Head- Q 'tarter:, , jt. SIR, 19th March, I .! Having completed such arrangemenrs as appeared; necessary for the security of Saint, Martin's,, we were enabled to leave that island. on the afternoon ; • . .of the 26th, and arrived here ysterday. • The'Ships'of War and "Transports Ltvinganchnr-;, eel.at.noon, ,and the Troops being immediptely dis posed in .the .order' of landing, the summons Was sent in withOtit killer delay and I have the saris-f ;faaion to acquaint :you, that the islands 'of Saint' Thomas and ,Saint John, together ,with' their de- • pendeneies, were surrendered on capitulation to His'. Majesty's Troops, and _taken possession of in the.. afternoon. I have'done - myself the honour to endose to you a copy of the Atticles.of the Capitulation, on which these islands haie•been put unto our popossession; but. have - conceived it unnecessary to transmit the sum_; mons, it being similar to that ofSaint 4arthOlotnew, copk 'of which accompanies this aispa:ch ;, and also. to annex, for vont informaton, a Return of the Ordonce found in this island. . "fhave charged tit? Aid-de-camo Major Browne, with the deliver' or this crtpatqh, as wzli a6' of • - those' containing inforruation of.the surrender of the islands of Saint Bartholomew and Saint Martin, to whom I beg,leat'e tij'tefer you fcr' such further par ticulars as you !nay require, having no doubt but you will find him perfettly prepared to afford you every necessary inforrnarittn - thave the horp, , ic to be . , &c..&c. (Signed) THQS. TRIGGE, Lie,m. General. rhe Rig ht lign. Henr D-rd .'• • 4/.. IGrt Cinistiarr , .11.:77:6 29, 130 r -. Return cf •I'art of tke Onbalce, capture in the IsLIKd of Brasss mounted on Travelling Cairiages.—z Three- Pounders, 2 One-Pounders.' . • _ Iron Carcona ieF, "flaunted on Garrison Carriages—a Twenty. four Pam - niers. • . !.Guns--6 Eighteen-Founders, iTwelve-Pounder, i 8 Eight- Pounders, .38 :;ix-Pounleri, 12 Four-Pounders. Dismounted—z Eight-Pounders,, 6 Six-Pounders, i 6 Four Pounders ;. - . With a considerable 'proportion of Ordnancee and Engineers' Stt.res. , •' • - • .. (Signed) FRANCIS JAYE, Lieut. Colonel,gorn rnandin,-; Royal Artillery, &c. Charibb.-e Islands. Head- Quarters, St. Croix, • STR, April I, 1801. I have the honour to acquaint you that we sailed from SitinL 'rhomit.'s on the evening of the - 30th ultimo, ;:nd arrival off this island the following day. • - . • Having. issued orders 'to the Troops preparatory to their landing, and-made arrangements neces sary for that .purpose, ii:dged inexpedient to tdke.any further steps ,until .the summons-had &en sent in, which was 'immediately done ; and I have the honour to acquaint yoti that the island of Sr: erdix - W - as'surrehdered to His Majesty in the course of the afternoon; - but it being . then too late in the day to take possession, it was deferred until this morning, :when the British troops were landed, and marched into the different ports anal towns of Chris tianstadt and Frederickstadt. I have the honour to enclose for your.infarrßa. tion x Copy of the Articles of Capiiulatitin, and Of the Governor-General's Reply to the Summons ;• as likewise a return of the Ordnance found in the se veral Forts and Batteries. Captain M'Mahon, orthe 53d Regitnept, my Aid-de-Camp, : will have the honour of presenting this Dispatch, who lam persuaded wil4 Snd sufficiently prepared to afford you fili'o4'r in formation as you may wish to•be in poi":t..ssion - I stave the Honour to be, THO. TRIGGE,_ The Right lion. Henry Mouth:, . _ H &c.&c.& r . P. S. I also hal:re:the honour to enclose, for your information, a return of'the Prisoners oflllac ing to the, Land - Forces, who surrendered at the different Islands:. - _ It must be satisfalory to you to know - that the present Crop of Sugar , in this Island :will,amount to 'thirty-six thousand hogsheads, coittaitiini-hatf a ton each. . By His . Excellency William Anthony Lindell,Ann, Ouvel nui -Conpral of the Danish_ West India Wands, to ' Their Exceltencies Lientenatit;Ge nerat 'lhomai 'Frigge and Rear Admiral John Thomas Duckworh, Commanders in Chief of His Britannic Majesty's Forces, &c. The Sninmons . delivered to me from your-Excel . - lencies has greatly astonished me, as I am unac quainted with any Rupture' between the - King my Master and His Britittink,Nl.tjesty. • Participating'in .those sentiments of. humanity your Excellencies have expressed in the said Sum_ moils, and desirous ter prevent 'an unnecessary . ef fusion- of blood, I here encloke the Terms on •which I over to surrender the Island of Saint Croix. ' The Oiiicera De.,irers of this are authorized to treat and sign. • (Signed) W. A. I..INDEMA.N. I — (A true Copy - .) RA, llmiLt NC, Mil. Sur. Saint Croix, 31-it March, 18ot. Artic4-; of Capitulation in Admiral Duck .; cwarth's Dispatch.] Christianstadt, Apri;2, 'For. Return of Ch-,1:.: , :ce, 41 in the F;rh,..4nd Bat .• 141 - r.c in 14 r i itaa of Saint Croix. - • Brass;Anotypt:zd en 'Travelling Carriages, with Limbers, /Ice. COMplete 'Ph PchinderS, 4 One-Po/milers, - 4 five Inch,. atut . :7; tuid x Half Inch Howltters, dismotmtecl. Iron, mounted on Gai'riso - ITic-Carriiges, with Tineks i and Coins com:dlete.-2 Six-Pound- Clfrrortaclts"; •-(; uns, 12 . E:',hteen-:Putitiders,* Twelve-Poundert; .F.;;;,!lt founders; 24 Six-Pcuntlers, 16 Your- ounders, t • Three- Poimder. • Monntcd on' Parapet - Carrines, Slides , with -ac e -. complete. Eighteen-rounders. DiSmounted, serviceable.-16•Ethtett-Ponnd Carrcnners ; Guns, 3 Eighteen-Nunders; 6•Totrr-PotMdcrs - , - 2 l'iree ‘ ;'Pounders,- . 5 ,Two:-Pounders, 2 One-Pounders. pisintiuntixf, unserviceabli.- 7 4 Nine-Pound Carronades ; - :Guilt, 6 Tweive-Tounders, 2 Eight-POiIrACTS, 5 Six- Ponnders, S Futtr-Pounders, 5 Three-Younders,.. 6 Qne- PounderS. serviceable.—g One-Ponnd Sr.-ivets • . . =With thrge pinOrtion of Ordnance and E nginet.rs' Stores. (§ignedi FRANCIS LAY-E•ptieuttn..nt con-I—map-ding Igo, al • • - rut [cry , Rc. Charibbee is -•• • lauds: RerOkrf ibt 4 P)lts-ters !..j OSr-tat. mrreldried :at ti f; . • •;• • • 'St: artholornew's; on.tfie 'i;th Of March.- _1 C p! :4 , • lAetitt..nant; On- Crininissionai Officers`mil . 'Vital 21. St. Martin's, on the 2.4 th of March.--t Lieutenant-Colonel, 4,Ca'ptains, Lieutenants, 6 Ensigns,' 2 56 N on -C orrun i N _ 'sinned OtficerS and 'Privates. Total 302. St. Thornas's, on the 21Ith of,lllnrch.- , A Major, 2 Captains, • 4 1 Lieutenitits, rzs Non;.Conunissioned Officers and Pri , rates. Total 13% • St: Croix; on the 31st - of March.—t Inentenant-Colonel,, Major, t .Captain, 6 Lieutenants, 23 a Non-Coratnision cd Officer and _Privates. Total 244. .• Total 2 Lieutenant-Colonels 2 Majors, Captains, t 6 Lieutentints, 6 Ensipis, 664N0n- Commissioned Officer. and Privates. Total 698. • (Signed) • - ALBER'T GLEDST ANFS, Adjutant-C t.: . Admira ).-o . ffice, May 1 1, 'Sol. . . Caprain.Ekins, late of His Majesty% Ship Am phitrite, arrived last night ,with Dispatches from Rear-Admiral Duckworth, Commander in,.Chief o±' His Majesty's Shipssand.Vessels at Barbadoes and the Leeward Llands, to Evan Nepean, Esq. Fe cretary of the Admiralty, of tyliich tho are Copies silt, Lev;attan, at Sea, Itfarcli Havingconsulted with Lieutellant-Gen, Trigge, On the subject of the Orders ,of the Lords Commis 1 signers of the Admiralty, we ,deter Mined not t.. wait for •the expe<ied reinforcements, bur collected the Troops that the, General thel:ght might . be ein'_ ployed with dispatch ;; and we sailed on the, r 6.1 - with . about i sbo Troops, for the purpose of attack: ing the various Wands specified in dur Orders, the General and 'myself considering it most judicious to comm¢nce•Oith the weatpermost. one,• St. Barthol o . mew, though by calms , and verAariable winds we were-pievoatimi,froul tatting to Grand. Saline-Bay , (ouriiihtended place.Of landing), till the morning o f the loth, when, having prepared every , thing - fur 'thati/trrrthind pliteed , the Andromeda, 4..!linit e, and DralEd - 7.beig - to'•cover it . ;:the General..and my= f self deemed it expedient to ptev cm: delay, by sending ! Brigadiet-General Faller, and Captain King of khe Leviathan,: with a .Summons, which,._ after ,some little hesitation, was accepted, and the Capitulation I transm,ir;.entered into.' I then detached the An. dromedp with the Alexandria Tender to assist i n watching St. Thomas's, when ' eVery exertion was usato land a Garrison, and form such tdmporitry arrangements as the urgency of the service would admit ; all of .which were effeded by the.mornih g of the 223." We found here two Swedish ships nearly laden witht produce of this country, a Danish ship in ballast,. besides • a -,variety of small craft, Swedish, and three small French vessels.; and I left Captain' Thomas Harvey, in L'Vnite, to co-operate with the Commindant of 'that island, and, at ten o'clock A. AN . l.,sFet in the aft of :weighing, when ten sail were -se•ea front the‘rnasi.hc . ::d, I the:dere ordered the DLike brig, and L'Eclairschooner to reconnoitre, keeping the wind s myielf conchiding they were our Troops from England, which rfi c General and mvself had sent orders to Battradoes to follow us after landing their sick, with.womert and children ; this, from light airs, was not ascer tained taten o'clock at night, when they pro‘`ed as conjedtired, 'and the Proselyte joined in the af iernoon of ..4.)11. Upon thii accumulation of force, the general and' miself, after r some &libe ration, judged it wtjUldhe highly..iimur • i,:us to His Majest3" . s ,t,er vice, , an' if: render J a il!: 13artholntnew v,ery unsafe', -if 'Ayr omit telattdcleing. the island. of Saint Martin : 'We 'tlietef"ree t hrun)h it was not . ~. t _ • , ".. .'d 1 ' -, t •C. - • \ ;',' ''• ~ ( 1 . b, meattone. .in' iis rt._,.tyl.„_ p.3napt!....., the reaitude of our intentions, ,lecided:', upon endea. vouring to ;reduce lt, .1::1 - Arni7iiikn'a el .t' E .A bdre dway for tnat prp , :),e ; .I)nrtil( cv,i-rcc i de ed variableness of the winds pre.ventc i nvr gc4.ing thcrer.fill,dity,ligllt of the 24..tt1,; , ai - .Ll:on she aft 4 ., noon of the..23J-the C.oronttridel joined; wi t h t i le 2d West India Regiincot, when-, 11:ivitt' t a c c d Captitiin Fowke in the Prose,} tei v.:ith . khc f2 , .f i k . Brig' in Cole's;llay to cover the landing,. ur k t i - ,,,,T direaion of : Captain Ekins, of ../V i i k hiffi i (who - had been. sick at, Bilrb4deL ~, hut .jo.tne4 `,,, - ,e i l and hindsomely NotunstFereti'ritis'set and with his judicious arrangements, the Secc4i4 t v l i v: e .. .P i rcile il ly i.e t h e . , tiottp nl,l,sed..jiiktlf v4t.i. ct is, ii. 0 ,cio,k; Brigade'of near - 6ne'rho.Jsalla tive hundred nliiilin.i der' - 13rigkdier,,,Qtneral . NAju2d 3 .6qe On shore with their:fieldpieces, : and . one humireci seamen--ice n gleye o',:i.ocic o *,. as i•as - the F;ry '.Briga'ile of„or:e thousand - eight . hundred,, un.l,:r 1111 - .g!dier-General 'Fuller, by t wo o'Clock;:With ti:...ir acid piecco, - :rnd one liunarcci cerimen ; the Secon,t, iiitgade'-direaly proceeded 'on" tc,-• take the' Heights' in die nrPr''ilch to the Town of Philipsburgh,' iiiiiell'W3S guickly effected, though not without some smart skirmish.. ing, whi.:h fterwards brou'ghi oil'il sli,.n't Atlion,', in which sotne'COmp..inies of tfie64.i s h.,.un`4ler Lieu;; COL Pakenhatt,' and two COitip.i . ilia - bt' iiie Eighth W ,eStltixlia:Regiment, disphtved great ga'.i.unry ; beat •the.,-.Enemy, and took , t wOlield picces ; - at this time Briztdier-General Fuller, with, the F.rst Brig gadc.,,„ltiarc:ll"e'd cin so take Heights above Frt Chesterfield, or Maregot,• where Ave. had reason to exped" the greatest resistance; but •theArtner check (in whi c h t h e E nemy lost from fifty to sixty killed ;ind wounded) evinced that oppositlon could only , lead to destru&ionl and they etnbracod : a verb.d summons (sent in by prigadier-General :Maitland, a :,p t )irbe fi eut,t,l e eici rli o ta ' . n e L act ] :Gepkdiestl,n:etii:trltaspiior Capitulation propose i t . getlinnredtae self r a t r a l d s aetxic beinghi n a e n go ; cii,l when ib midnight trf the z4th, .of which I transalit a Copy information. ' A t the coma ence otif ie .t i iw ir o:4.fintlliee' force, v: we observed in Great Bay, tw Privateer,B r i gs , o f twe l ve guns eac h, an d a Schooner with a Merchant Ship, B r im, am i ilns.,. _Or tcri; sinall -crafr ; ,ar;a as I consideted b them likely . to attetnpt getting oft in .the course .of the -nior, if . it was ; fixtn . l-necessarrto surrenc,ier, I or dere& the 1 - lorriet . and -artmd Brig to work . . . up to Great Bay, to prevent such atteirtpt.from ittc.- teedinz, and it sunset .sent the Drake Id• aid on that - 66'0c - el - Lift, u'nfortUnatelv, the:tWet first diti .not get far..ortou-gh to•Winatia rd. to . fttlfil Inv inten. tion l by 'svltitir:'ireang ore of tl , , Brigs and the *Schooner got ;;r.., with a t small v., ..".s, titre of which -were taken ; but 1 .am - to .I,oent the Brig and..§illoonergettinc, awa)',.2lt,.!r a elmee of twenty_ four hours, by the. Hornet - and fanny. ..\\*e lAllid remaining in the, Bar, one Lhig Privat.2er Of twilte gtin4;: ail' -f nglikh .capturect i ihip . , - a IVlzrchant Eris. four small Schooners, and. a Sloop ;. the particulars of which my time would not allow me to sollea, as - rbegan to embark the .- Troop;, Ordnance,-&c.• the nest morning, the zs'th, and , sailed for Saint Thomas's the afternoon of the '26th, leaving the Proselyte, - Hornet, and Drake, to aiSist in the a r7 ran , rementsnecssary - for the security of the island,. and two Transports' to embark the Garrison in, which consisted of between three and tour hundre3,. besides nearly:a similar number Which got away in . , the Brig, &c. . - , , I have ordered the Proselyte to relieve t'Unite,. keeping with 11.:•r the Drake for tht assisting pen. watop of the two tslands . ,• and L'Unito to.condati the . prisoners to Martinique, arranging and getrit ready' to convoy the trade home. 'I cannot conclude this account of our sucees'sfsi proceedings, for their Lordships' information, with. out paying that grateful tribute which is due t o , Lieutenant-General Trigge, for his kind - supporc . and concurrence in every . instance, \ anti for hi s anxious endeavours to preserve that particular har mony and unanimity between the Army and Navy,which must always'contibute to the success of ev .; , Lc). and i : t t l i emrtaekn serving in..g.'lsl under n my command,lanotdo justice to if I w the Ozicers as to omit assuring their Lordships' they have prform e a the harassing and laborious service they have bee, (S igpcd)