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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA- 

 ORDINARY, ATKIL 22. 



IVhitehall, Jpril 21. 



MA.IOR GREY arrived tliis 

 moniing nt the office ot the 

 right hon. Henry Dundas, his ma- 

 ji?st)''s principal secretary of «tate for 

 tlie home department, with dis- 

 lJ£ftcli«s from sir Charles Grey, K. B. 

 of which the following is a copy. 



fort lioijal Martinko, March 25, 

 J 794. 



SIR, 



I have the lappiness to acquaint 

 you of the complete comiuest of tiiis 

 very valuable island, the last and 

 mostimportant fortress of Fort Bour- 

 bon, having surrendered to his ma- 

 jesty's arms, at four o'cloc'c in the 

 afternoon of the 2;kl instant, at 

 \x'hich time his royal highness prince 

 Edward, major-general of his ma- 

 jesty's forcts, took possession of botli 

 gates with the first and third batta- 

 lions of grenadiers, iind the first at'.d 

 third light intantiy : and 1 have the 

 honour to transmit to yotJ the articles 

 of capitulation, together with a list 

 of the killed and wounded, and a 

 return of the ordnance, itc. taken 

 since niydispatchof tlie l6th ins'.ant, 

 in which I communicated the tran- 

 sactions imd jrogress ol this army to 

 that period. 



The rctumi of ordnance taken in 

 Fort Royal is signed by the com- 

 manding officer of Ihiiish artillery ; 

 but that of Fort I'ourbon is the 

 Frencli account of it, as there is not 

 time to make an es.act return at 

 present, which ^hall be sent by the 

 next opportunity. 



Having concerted m('asu7e-> v.ith 

 the admiral tor ^ ' oitibitied ail.ick. 

 by the uaval and i.iad forces upon 

 the fort and town oJ Fort Royal, and 

 the batteries of my second pHrHlltl 



being ready, those on Motne Tor- 

 tenson and Carriere kept up an in- 

 cessant fire upon Fort Royal, and 

 all the other ba'.terieson Fort Bour- 

 bon, during the day and night of 

 the ipth instant, and on the morn- 

 ing of the 20lh following, till the 

 ships destined for this service had 

 taken tl)eir stations. — Tiie Asia of 

 0'4 guns, captain Browne, and the 

 Zebra sloop of l6 guns, captain 

 Faulkner, with captain Rogers, and 

 a body of seamen in flat boats, the 

 whole undercommodore Tliompson, 

 composed the naval force ; and the 

 land foice consisted of the first bat- 

 talion of grenadiers, under lieute- 

 nanl-colonel Stewart and the third 

 light infantry, under lieutenant-co- 

 lonel Close, from prince Edward's 

 camp at LaCoste: with the third 

 gretiadiers, uiider lieutenant-colonel 

 Buckeridge, and the first light in- 

 fantry, under lieutenant -colonei 

 Coote, from lieutenant-general Pres- 

 cott's camp at Sourierre. 



The iiavy acquitted themselves 

 with their usual gallantry, (particu- 

 larly captain Faulkner, whose con- 

 duct justly gained him the admira- 

 tion of the whole army) carrying the 

 fort by escalade about 1%. elve o'clock 

 of the 20' h instant, under the able 

 conduct of comiiK^dore 1 homjison, 

 whose judicious disposition of the 

 gen ana fiat boats, assisted by that 

 spirited and acti\e otlicer captain 

 Rogers, contributed maierially to 

 our succe;.s ; at the same lime that 

 the land forcts, commanded by that 

 cxcelh.nt officer co'onel Symes, cri- 

 tically .idvanciag with ecjual ardour, 

 forced and entered the town tri- 

 umphantlv, hoisting the British co- 

 lours, and changing the name to 

 Fort Edward. 



Inimeiliately after this, general 

 Rochunibci.u, who c<jmmaiided in 

 Fort tuurboUj-sent his a:d-de-camp 



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