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London, England, 1815-09-19 00:00:00

attack that night, and I placed the -troor

bivouac.

At break of day. on the 9tih•tbe trOal
motif% in two columns ; the Ist her
jot-General Sir Charles Sbipley.„. moved won, and
occupied D.ile; tbe 2d under htijitr:GeneritTSrehelin,
marched upon, the left, of 'the Palmiste, by
Pantria. ,Lt •appeared that Comte *de Limns and
General Box.er had evacuated
,Dole in the night.
The enemy, however, Shrived himself in considerable
force on the left of he- Mortte‘Piliniste, and cn the
face ofrhat mitimtain. commanding tl:e main road
to Basseterre ; his advance oectipied PeCts plantation.
Ciplain Leith Hay. my Aide-de-Camp, was or.
tiered to gain the top of Morne Bottr, die; by a di&
cult detour, with .a rifle company of ,this fteyal-West,
India Itailgers and.light company of the 6th West
India regiment, t'n alarm the enemy's right flank and
rear, which being accomplished. obligeeihim to with-
tiraw ; his po;te were every where driven, and he re-
t.A-ated to the Nome Palmiste.
determined to push the enemy as rapidly as was
p0.,.h1e, considering the nature of the country, of
wt-ich every pan is not only susceptible of defence,
hat is even difficult of access without -resistance, es-
pecially muter the hen of a tropical sun.
A heavy cannonade now annoutked the disembar-
kation oF the Sd brigade, nada blajor-General Doug-
lass. in the vicinity of 'Baillif, and to leeward ot Bas-
seterre. I had instructed him to seize the Batterie
des '1 rois, to occupy the capital, to mask, or if prac-
tic.,ble, to take Fort St. Charles by a coup-deanain,
to open his communication with the columns moving
to the attack of Morrie Palmiste, and to menace his
retreat trent thence to Morne Hood.
hlajor.General Douglass was, if necessary, also to
detach ft. m his rear; for the purpose'of taking the
pasaes set Zouerres, Pilot de Nosiere, and Constan.
tine, ci,mniai.ding the approaches to the strong
heights of Matouoa, in reverse ; so thet the enemy
night not have the means of equivocating between
thi.se posit! ,ns, but be compelled to 'choose at once
his Bernier resource.

The eat my, aho had been driven iry the vessels
coverng the landing, collected nn the heights, and
att.i.:44 the light company of the 634 regiment,
who, were advanced; they gallantly maintained their
groyud Aglind upwards i,t tiller hundred of the ene,
my, who came down to att.lo them. Captain Lynch
and Lieut.:Dant Wrigley were wounded on that pc-
b • on.

brlajta-rrenerAl Douglass, in person, supported them
by put of the York Clusseurs, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Eyouts and he was innnediately driven
with lass.

Vl'hili this operation was ring on, the columns of
the Jac and 241 brigades gaitied tile heights -1 M..rne
Palueisre, from whence the enemy was driver, at all
Lpouts..aud was Dow riiiring .to Menne Honel, which
e hadlettified with eight piecesof artillery. This
was the pitsiti;in where comic, and Genital'
Boyer had professed their determination of ultimately
disputing the stipetienity in the field..
I. stewed intirQiauoo that the Commando' of
Grande-Terre with the whole armed force was, as 1
espe.cted, moving in my rear to form a junction with
the mein body ac gorne Houeh I accordingly rem.
.
;weed my Mae guard to protect our communications,
and occupied in tuff.e sU the passes of the Gallion, a
river Anal threnigh *formidable ravine at thefuot
of Moms lutist& Thus the troops from Grande.
Terry were completely cut off from • *forming their
juacgoa, 'Which they sitanspt*d without Success by
paths through the Woody late is the afternoon, but
y nit light sut!cient to Point out to Comte Linois and
Gen red Buyer that 41 their ohms of concentration_
were defeated.

Atter these laborimp moyements. ihich the troops
execti,esi in the art-tt creditable manner, there was
oniy time beture night to place the columns in re4di-
nes, to attack shelurmidable position ot MOTIM Howl
at Oay-break in the morning;
The tiSops aeCordinicly wok tip their bivouacs. It
rained heavily. At.eleveti o'clock P. M. in thrnOt
ot the ;Jai, the C...mmanding French Engineer came
to nie on the top ai !slori,o Yximiste verbally to pto.
pose a capitulation it) the name of le Comte de Linois
to which I replied, that the only terms I r,e r would
accede to %yelp-alit:l4i published in the ?fuel:int:46on
issued on landing, and that I wvsld riot delay the
attackon Iguruellouel to wait for any turthei coin!
winticaricals. • 'lt was so dark and the rain tell in such
torte,l that the Officer from the enemy and. Captain
n:O4, my Aid4e•Cansp, took np the greatest part
ot the night in finding their way to the enimrs.po-
aitlon.

The troops were put in motion at day-break. An
Offica *Own alter met me with Written proposals,
which.l.positively itfusttd, amd proposed some addi-
tional conditions. A whit:: 1136, was displayed on
Morste—blonel, but-1 sent atik.r.4eneral Murray (who
hadlouted the army horn prmaras y the preceding
viir j, and my A:dale-Camp. Captain Lath Hay,
with toe British Hag. CO. say, that the only signal
which should stop the troops would be to as it dis.
040 on the pataptt.
• 1 Ltd the sati;Lciion immediately afterniards to
See the *Will AtanclagJ flying on IViornel.hmekatirl.
thereby to ascartAn that all the troops were `pri-
soners of war, and all the forts and the colony in our
possession. •
I ctrl happy to be enabled to assure your Lordship
that the condUct of the troops hai been most zealous,
gallant, and ciernplary.
To the Naval Commander in• Chief, Rear-Admiral
S r Charles Durham, the service is highly indebted
fat his prompt and active vzertions in 'whatever eon.
Corned ' the co,operation of the naval force with the
mini on ihis eipeilition.
FroM Major-Generals Sir Chas. Shipley, Stehelini
Johnson, and DoUglau, 1 hive received blast useful
and *Acts assistance, as also from Majoi•Grneral
fvlupay • sibco' his joining the army. Major-General
SidCbasles Shipley wail employed in the 'preliminary
4t %spat* of • Mariegalante, and in reconnoitring
Chaditoupe,' which heezechted with Whit adv4n-
ial:e tp the service.
Douglass, to whose assistance 'as
Aditiegalliessetal I our InLik indebted,*' served oa.
ilivelpedilion with W brigade, and executed the sere
iikLelib 4hicii he WaVderacbcd .0i a gallant'aud iol
• I,' ,
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';:"•rite eiertims of an the Captains and Otheeep 91
la no ei;nviteil coietid 'add cOnduct-
i.tti:i. diacuabakations aro deaervut uL Obe baspe,L
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