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Taisscan, 2 gun? and 80 men. Di- 

 vision from Rochelle, the ship 

 rOncle Thomas, Papin ci-devant 

 capitaine de vaisseau, 20 guns and 

 230 men. 



Di'pnlch addressed to the Secretary 

 of the Board of Adnwallij, dated 

 March loth, Goree^ announcing 

 the re-capture of that Settlement, 

 from Capt. Dickson, of his Ma- 

 jesty'' s Ship the Inconstant. 



Sir, 

 I have the honour io acquaint 

 you, for the information of my lords 

 commissioners of the Admiralty, of 

 the arrival of his majesty's ship un- 

 der my command, and the vessels 

 named in the margin,* off the island 

 of Goree, on the morning of the 7th 

 March, but, conceiving it possible 

 that it might be in the possession of 

 the enemy (although English co- 

 lours Mere hoisted on the citadel, 

 and sentinels cloathed in red placed 

 on the different batteries), 1 brought 

 to v\ith the convoy, and dire6ted 

 Mr. Charles Pickford, my first lieu- 

 tenant, to proceed on shore in the 

 cutter, and, if he found it in the 

 haKds of the English, to make the 

 signal 1 established for that purpose. 

 At sun-set, not any signal having 

 been made, nor the appearance of 

 the boat, I came to anchor with the 

 convoy a little out of gun-shot; and, 

 deeming it highly necessary to gain 

 some information with respect to 

 thegarrison, I ordered, at lOo'clock, 

 P. M. three boats, manned and 

 armed, iinder the direction of Mr. 

 Flunciman, midsliipman, to proceed 

 into the harbour, and cut out any of 

 the vessels he could find, which he 



did in a gallant manner, by bring- 

 ing out a ship, under a heavy fire 

 from the batteries, which sunk our 

 cutter, and wounded one man. 

 From her I learned, that the French 

 had been in possession of Goree 

 since the 18th of January, and that 

 they had 300 black and white troops 

 in the garrison. On the 8th inst. at 

 daylight, I weighed and stood to th« 

 westward of the island, to prevent 

 aay succours being thrown in by sea 

 from Senegal, and, on the evening 

 of the same day, being determined 

 to attack it, having ordered scaling- 

 ladders to be made for that purpose, 

 at nine P. M. anchored, and order- 

 ed all the boats of the convoy to bs 

 sent on board the Inconstant, and 

 after embarking as many troops as 

 they could possibly stow, I found 

 they would not carry a sufficient 

 number to promise success ; I there- 

 fore postponed the attack until the ar- 

 rival of one of our convoy, which was 

 in sight, standing into the bay, as her 

 three boats could carry from 30 to 

 40 more men. At da) light on the 

 morning of the 9th instant, we were 

 agreeably surprised by seeing the 

 English colours hoisted over the 

 French ; and shortly after I receiv- 

 ed information from lieut. Pickford, 

 that the garrison had capitulated 

 with him. I instantly stood into 

 the harbour with the convoy ; an- 

 chored, and disembarked the troops. 

 Conceiviiig it of importance that his 

 majesty's ministers should be made 

 acquainted as soon as possible with 

 the recapture of this island, I have 

 purchased a small brig, and sent my 

 first lieutenant, Mr. Charles Pick- 

 ford, an intelligent and deserving 

 officer, to England, who will have 

 the honour to present my dispatches ; 



* Eagle store-ship, Ilanillton, Venus, Jenny. 

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