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ment of the 18th and 20th dragoons, and a party of 

 the horse militia, and take possession of those grounds 

 the same evening; it being the governor's intention 

 to attack the Maroons at the same time, in front. 

 Colonel Sandford proceeded accordingly, accompanied 

 by a body of volunteers ; but having been informed 

 that the Maroons had retired to the ruins of their old 

 town, he was persuaded, instead of waiting at his post 

 for further orders from the governor, to proceed be- 

 yond his limits, and to push after the enemy ; a most 

 unfortunate and fatal determination, to which this gal- 

 lant officer, and many valuable men, fell a sacrifice. 

 The retreat of the Maroons from the New town, was 

 a feint to draw the whites into an ambuscade, which 

 unfortunatelv succeeded. The road between the new 







and old towns was very bad and very narrow ; and the 

 troops had marched about half way, the regulars in 

 front, the militia in the centre, and the volunteers in 

 the rear, when a heavy fire ensued from the bushes, 

 colonel Sanclford was among the first that fell, and 

 with him perished quarter master M e Bride, six 

 privates of the 20th, and eight of the 18th light 

 dragoons. Of the militia, thirteen were slain out- 

 right, and among the rest, the commanding officer, 

 colonel Gallimore ; ei^ht of the volunteers also were 



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killed, and many of all descriptions wounded. The 

 troops, however pushed forward, and drove the Ma- 

 roons from their hiding places, and after a night of 

 unparalleled hardship, the survivors got back to 

 Vaughan's-field in the morning, and brought with 

 them most of their wounded companions/ 



* Among the officers of the militia \vho escaped on this occasion, v. 

 my lat? excellent and lamented frier d Ge'^-ge Ccodir. Parreti. II.: v. 



