^APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



79 



naent are to be included in the pre- 

 s-jnr capitulation. 



, Giwn at Guadalcups, April 20, 

 170-i- 



I'ar lei:rs excf llf:nces, 



CiiARLks Grey. 

 G. Fisher, 

 Geo. Pukvis, 



V. Coi.LOT, 



J. Jervis. 



JJnr nUii-Offite, ^ny ^l. 



Captain Nugtiit arrived yesterday 

 witii a letter from vice-admiral sir 

 Jolin Jervis, K. B. commandor-in- 

 cliief of hi.s majesty's ships and ves- 

 sels at Barbadoes, and the Leeward 

 Islands, dated Boyne, Basseterre, 

 Gnadaloupe. April 23, ITfH, ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Stephens, of which 

 the following is an extract. 



" On the 1 kh instant, the Quebec 

 Winchelsea, Blanche, Experiment, 

 Woolwich, and three gun-boats, 

 with two divisions of the army un- 

 der the command of prince Edward 

 and colonel Symes, in transports, 

 were ordered to anchor under Isles 

 baut de Fregatie, and the troops 

 were landed that niglit and thefol- 

 lowingmorning at Petit Bourg. On 

 the same day, the irresistible, Ve- 

 teran, Assurance, Santa JVIargarita, 

 and two gun-t)oats, were detached 

 with a corps under the command of 

 n^ajor-general Dundas, and an army 

 hoip tai biiipand victualifrs, to the 

 road of BaililJ', near the town of 

 Basseterre ; and the da\ afterwards 

 I followed in the Boyne, accompa- 

 liieti by the Inspector :nd Bnll-dog 

 sloops, some army victuallers, and 

 two hospital-ships, and was joined 

 by the Terpsichoreand Zebra sloop, 

 and two gun-boats, ofl'les Isles des 

 Saints, in the afternoon; when, per- 

 ceiving that tlif t(x)ops had not 

 readied Truiii Rivieres, I stood oft 



and on between that anchorage and 

 the Saints during the night ; and 

 on the morning of tlie 17th, being 

 joined by the Winchelsea and an 

 ordnance store-ship, \ ordered cap- 

 tain lord Gailies to take under his 

 command theabovementioned sloops 

 of W3r, gun-boats, the victuallers, 

 hospital-ships, and ordnance store- 

 ships, aud to anchor at Trois Ri- 

 vieres, which hepevformed wiih his 

 ususi promptitude; and I'then pro- 

 ceeded in the Boyne to the road of 

 Bail ill", where I anchored before. 

 ?un-set, and received a very satis- 

 factory report from captain Henry 

 of the debaikalion and pi ogress of 

 major-general Dundas's corps. Per- 

 ceiving, as 1 passed Bassetcre, sonre 

 movements amongst the sliipping 

 that indicated a design to escape iii 

 the night, and a few people busy in 

 the batteries between that town and 

 the road of Bailiff, 1 sent captain 

 Grey with a detachment of marines 

 to di.sable the guns in the batteries, 

 and the boats ot the other ships to 

 intercept anv thing attempting to 

 go out. Soon after sunset, some 

 incendiaries, who had plundered the 

 town set it on fire, and got off in an 

 armed schooner. Most of the other 

 vessels were brought into the road 

 of Bailiff by the boats; among tiiem 

 the Gnadaloupe, republican sloop of 

 war. 



I have new the greatest satisfac- 

 tion in informing you of the entire 

 reduction of the French islands in 

 these seas ; the post of the Palmiste 

 was carried by the divi>ionr, of 

 p.ince Edward and colonel Symcs, 

 und.'r the command of general sir 

 C);arles Gr^y ; and that of Morne 

 Howel by tiie corps of major-ge- 

 neral Dundas, and was carried be- 

 tore day-break on the i!0;h, wheti 

 general CoUot ironicdiately surren- 

 dered 



