APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



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f roops to pass as quickly as possible. 

 On the 4tli, between two and three 

 o'clock, brigadier gen. Maitland's 

 corps moved on through a wood, and 

 approached Fort New Amsterdam 

 within a mile to reconnoitre, M'ith 

 a view to extend their position to- 

 wards the river Surinam, and there- 

 by invest that fortress. Some shots 

 Avere fired by the enemy's advanced 

 centinels, who retired. At this time 

 commodore Hood being M'ith me at 

 head-quarters on the Commewyne, 

 we received a Hag of truce from the 

 commanding officer of the Batavian 

 troops, with proposals to surrender 

 on terms of capitulation, a copy of 

 which is herewith enclosed ; orders 

 were in consequence issued to sus- 

 pend hostilities until the conditions 

 should be finally agreed upon. Lt. 

 col. Shipley and capt. Maxv» ell of 

 the royal navy, were sent to settle 

 the terms. They returned early on 

 the morniug of the .'Hh, with two 

 separate capitulations, signed by It. 

 col. Batenburgh, commanding the 

 Batavian troops, and commodore 

 Bloys, chief of the naval depart- 

 ment ; but an article in the one signed 

 by the military commandant not be- 

 ing sufficiently clear, brigadier gen. 

 Maitland was employed to arrange 

 the business, Avhich being compleatcd 

 to our .satisfaction, at fivco'clock, on 

 the same evening, the advanced corps, 

 under the command of brigadier gen. 

 Maitland, marched in and took pos- 

 session of Fort New Amsterdam. 

 The Batavian frigate and sloop of 

 war were also taken possession of 

 at the same hour. Having thus de- 

 tailed the particulars of our short, 

 but active operations, it is a very 

 pleasing part of my duty to state to 

 your lorship, the names of those 

 officers whose situations enabled 

 them to come forward with distin- 



guished honour and credit to them- 

 selves. — [Here general Green ac- 

 knowledges his obligations to briga- 

 dier gens. Maitland and Hughes ; to 

 It. col. Shipley, major Wilson, of the 

 Artillery ; major Robertson, acting 

 adj. gen.; acting com. gen. Glas- 

 furd: capt. JM'Geachy, assist, q. m. 

 gen. ; capt. Drummond, of the 

 60th reg. ; and to com. Hood, and 

 all the captains and other officers of 

 the squadron : particularly to capt. 

 Maxwell, of <he Centaur, and capt. 

 Kempt, agent of transports. The 

 general concludes his letter with the 

 follo^ving paragraph:] — I have the 

 pleasure to assure your lordship, 

 that the principal inhabitants of the 

 colony appear to be extremely re- 

 joiced at the event which has taken 

 place, restoring to them the pow- 

 erful protection of the British go- 

 vernment, and the solid advantages 

 arising therefrom. Captain Camp- 

 bell, my aid-de-camp, will have 

 the honour to deliver this dispatch 

 to your lordship : he is a very old 

 and deserving officer, and I beg leave 

 to refer your lordship to him for 

 further information. 



On the 27th of April, gen. Green 

 and com. Hood proposed terms of 

 capitulation to the gov. of Surinanij 

 according to which he was to sur- 

 render up the colony in twenty-four 

 hours. The inhabitants were to 

 enjoy their property ; the exercise 

 of their religion, &c. ; the laws of 

 the colony to remain in force ; all 

 ships of %var, artillery, stores, &c. 

 to be delivered up ; the Batavian 

 troops to surrender prisoners of war, 

 &c. These terms the governor re- 

 fused to accept, and hostilities con- 

 tinued until the 4th of May, m hen 

 the commanding officer of the Dutch 

 troops proposed a new captulation. 

 A negociation was then commenced 



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