APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



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Bouillle's estate ; and I rettirned on 

 board tlie Boyne at ten o'c'ock. ihe 

 same evening. At day-break in the 

 morning of the 15th I went to St. 

 Mary's, where I found lientenant- 

 colonel Cooie, with the first light 

 infantry, having got there before 

 dky, from Petit Boiirg ; and the 

 second battalion of grenadiers joined 

 at ten o'clock. Thetroopsadvr.ncing 

 (April tlielCith)reachedTroaChien, 

 which the enemy had abandoned, 

 although very sirong ; and before 

 dark we halted on the high ground 

 over Trois Ri\ierfs, from whence 

 wp saw the enemy's two redoubts 

 and tlieir stiong post of Palniiste, 1 

 intended to have attacked the ene- 

 my that night, but the troojis were 

 too much faiigued, from tueditticuii 

 march tliey had jusi tinished. Alajor 

 general Dundas landed at Vieux 

 Habitant at eleven o'clock in the 

 nii;ht of the l/th, with ihe third 

 battalion of grenadiers, and the se- 

 cond and tliird battalions of light 

 infantry, with little opposition and 

 no loss (having sailed from Point a 

 Petre the 15th preceding) taking 

 possession of MorneWagdaline, and 

 destroying two batteries ; then de- 

 taching lieutenant-colonel Elundell, 

 with the second battalion of light 

 infantry, he forced several very 

 difficult posts of the enemy during 

 the night. 1 made a disposition for 

 the attack of the ent-my's redoubt 

 d'Arljaud, at Grande A nee, and 

 their battery d'Anet, tobeexecutid 

 during th;it night ; but at eight 

 o'clock in the evening they eva- 

 cuated the former, sttUng fire to 

 tvery thing in and about it ; a.d 1 

 ordered tiic attack of the latter to 

 proceed, whicJi was well executed 

 by lieutenant-colonel Coote and the 

 first light infaiiVry, who were in 

 poascsiiuii of it by day-break of llie 



iSth, having killed, wounded, or 

 taken every one of those who were 

 defending it, witht>ut any loss. At 

 twelve o'clock on the night of the 

 jrjth, I moved forward, with the 

 first and second battalions of grena- 

 diers and tlie first light infantry, 

 from Troir. Rivieres and Grande 

 Ance, and took their famous post 

 of Palmiste, with all their batteries, 

 at dav-breakof the20th, command- 

 ing Fort St. Charles and Basseterre: 

 and communicating with major-ge- 

 neral Dundas'sdivisionon themorn- 

 ing of the '21 st, who had made his 

 approacii by Morne Howel ; after 

 which general Collot capitulated, 

 siUTendering Guadaloupe and all its 

 dependencies, comprehending the 

 i-ilands of Marie Galante, Desirada, 

 the Saints, kc. on the same terms 

 that were allowed to Rochambeau, 

 at Martinique, and Rirard at St. 

 Lucia, to march out with the lio- 

 nours of w ar, and lay down their 

 arms, to be sent to France, and not 

 to serve against the British forces 

 or their allies during the war. Ac- 

 cordingly, at eight o'clockthismorn- 

 ing, the Frepch garri-son of Fort 8t. 

 Charles marched out, consisting of 

 55 regulars of the regiments ofGaa- 

 daloupe, and the I4th of France, 

 and 818 national guards and others: 

 printv Edward, with the grenadiers 

 and light infantry, taking possession 

 immediately hoistingthe British co- 

 lours, and changing the name of it 

 to Fo- 1 Matilda. The terms of ca- 

 pitidaiionare transmitted herewith, 

 but the forts and batteries are so 

 numerous, andswiaeof them atsuch 

 a distance, that a return of the ord- 

 nance, stores, cVc. cannot be obtain- 

 ed in time for the sailing of this 

 vessel, as I am unwilling to detain 

 her so long as would be necessary 

 for that purpose. Fiouj a return 



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