78 



ANNUAL RE GISTER, 1794. 



found amongst Gener?i CoUot's pa- 

 pers, it appears that ll'e immher of 

 men able to cany aims in Gii .da- 

 ioupc is 5S77. and the number of 

 fire-arms actually dtlivertd out to 

 them is 4044. In former dispatches 

 I hsve mentioned that lieutenant- 

 general Prtsrott, Mas lef' i<j com- 

 mand at Marlinico, and colonel s-ir 

 Charles Cordon at vSt. Lucia : and 

 the conquest ot Gnada'oupe, nnd its 

 dependencies being n( waiso com- 

 pletely accomplished I have placed 

 maior-gcneral Dundai^ in the com- 

 mand of thi,^ island, with a jiroper 

 garrison, and his tnajesty may place 

 the firmest reliance on the ability, 

 experience, and zeal, for the good 

 of his service and their country, of 

 jtliose excellent otTicers. .Although 

 J have not been wantin'Tin my seve- 

 ral dispatches to you, sir, to be«tow 

 just praise on the forces I have the 

 honour to command, vet f conceive 

 it .'» duty, uhicli 1 embrace ■« itii 

 infinite j leasure, to repeat, that, to 

 the iMianimit}' and extraordinary ex- 

 ertions of the navy and army on thi« 

 service, under I'atigu-s, anti difficul- 

 ties never exceeded, his majesi v and 

 their country are indebted for ti.e 

 rapid success which, in sov short a 

 .•(pace of time, has extended the 

 British empire, by addina; to it the 

 valuable islands of Martinin,ne, St. 

 Lucia, Guadaloupe, the Saints, Ma- 

 rie Calaiite, and Desir.ida. Csplain 

 Thomas Grey, one of my aides-de- 

 camp, will iiave the hoaoiu" to de- 

 liver thisdi>«))atch, andean con^ni i- 

 n'cate any other particulars or infor- 

 ni.it'on you raa-y desire. 



P. S. Since closin^i; this letter, re- 

 turns are received, ^nd transmitted 

 herewith, of the killed, wounde.l, 

 and missing, and o) the batteries 

 and ordnance ta!-:enj but that of the 

 stores could not be obtained. 



Artkles of capitulalioti 



Between their eNcellencies sir 

 Charles Grey, K. Vt. general and 

 command. r-in-chief of his Bri- 

 tannic majesty's troops in the 

 West Indies, &c. &c. &c. and 

 \ire-admiralsir.Iohn Jervis, K.B. 

 cummantler-in-cliief of his majes- 

 ty's naval force.?, &c. &c. &c. 

 and G. orge Henry Victor Collot, 

 nii\ioi -general and p;overnor of 

 Guadaloupe, Marie Calante, De- 

 si'.ada, and dependencies, &:c. 

 &c. 



The rommanders-in-chief of his 

 Britannic majesty's fotcesi are in- 

 duced to <rrant to the lonjt services 

 o': major-general Collot, and to the 

 great liuniaiiitv with which he has 

 treated the prisoners under his care, 

 the honour of marching out of Fort 

 St. Charles at the head of the garri- 

 .'^on, wiiich slial! in every respect be 

 subject to, and treated in the same . ; 

 manner as that of Fort Bourbon, to 

 wit, to lay down their arms as pri- 

 soners, and not tt) serve against his 

 Britannic majrscy duringthe present 

 war, nor against his allies. 



The post of Houdmont to be im. 

 ir.edia'eiy withdrawn, and ihetro{;])3 

 there "oretiie into Fort St. Charles. 

 T he said post is to be delivered up 

 to the British troops, exactly in the 

 state in wliich it is, as well as Fort 

 St. Cliarles, and all other military 

 po>'s in the island. 



'J'hc garrison of Fort St. Charles, 

 to march out ofthat fortress the 22d 

 of this month, at eight o'clock in 

 the mornirig. 



Ihe British tioops are to take 

 po.s.'.ession of the gales of F^orf S;. 

 Charles to night. • 



Wane Calanta, Desir.nda, and all 

 tlie dependencies of this govern- 



mtiit 



