Te. 
for its further security, if necessary, 
~ er for its final liquidation, if prafti- 
cable. 
(Signed) 
Auvurepo Crarke, General. - 
Geo. KertH ELPHINSTONE. 
Vice-admiral. 
Copy of translation, 
Jouwn Jackson. 
Return of the killed and wounded 
of the troops and seamen under 
the command of general Alured 
’ Clarke, on the 14th of Septem- 
ber, 1796. 
78th grenadiers, 2 rank and file 
wounded. 
S4th ditto. 1 rank and file 
wounded. 
gsth ditto. 4 rank and file 
wounded. 
98th ditto. .2 rank and file 
wounded, 
78th light infantry. 2 rank and 
_ file wounded. 
gsth .ditto. 2 rank and. file 
wounded. 
St. Helena Company. 1 serjeant, 
2 rank and file wounded. 
98th regiment. 1 rank and file 
wounded. 
Light company of seamen. 1 rank 
and file killed. 
Total. 1 rank and-file killed, 1 
serjeant, 16 rank. and file 
wounded. 
Water CuiFre, 
Dep. Adj. Gen. 
Extraét of a letter from vice-admi- 
ral the hon. sir G. K. Elphin- 
stone, K. B, to Mr. Secretary 
Dundas, dated on board his ma- 
jesty’s ship Monarch, Table-Bay, 
Cape of Good Hope, September 
23, 1795- 
“© IT have the honour to inform 
you, that onthe gd instant, the India 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
ships from Salvador arrived in False 
Bay ; his majesty’s ship, Sphynx, 
which. sailed with them, having 
met with an accident, was obliged 
to return to the former place for , 
repair. 
‘© On the 4th general Clarke 
came into the harbour, and on a 
conference with him, it was deter 
mined to land the troops without a 
moment’s loss of time; but, not- 
withstanding the utmost exertion 
of the troops and seamen, it was the 
14th before provision, guns, am~ 
munition, &c. could be collected 
to enable the general to move for- 
ward from the camp at Muyzen. 
burg. 
“© On the morning of that day 
the army marched, each man car- 
rying four days provisions, and the 
volunteer seamen from the India 
ships dragging the cannon through 
a deep sand; the country being 
difficult to proceed on, they were 
considerably galled by the enemy 
during a fatiguing march perform. 
ed in hot weather. 
‘« At Wynberg the bulk of the 
Dutch made a stand, but were 
soon dislodged by his majesty’s 
forces; and nearly at the same mo- 
ment commodore Blankett, whom 
I had previously detached for the 
express purpose of alarming the 
enemy, and giving them a diver. 
sion on the Cape Town side, ap- 
peared off Camps Bay with the Ame- 
rica, Echo, Rattlesnake, and Bome 
bay Castle India ship, and performed 
that service in the completest man- 
ner. At elevenP. M. the commis- 
sary Sluyskin sent in a flag of truce 
to demand a cessation of arms for 
48 hours; and on the following 
morning the colony was surrens 
dered to his majesty. 
‘© I cannot conclude this letter 
without 
