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ber of officers of high rank, is not 
equal to what might have been ex- 
pected, and by far less than it would 
have been, in all probability, had 
a formal investment of the for- 
tress taken place. ‘These dispatches 
will be delivered to your lordship 
by my aid-du-camp, captain Weir, 
to whom I beg to refer your lord- 
ship for any information you may 
require. 
Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of 
the Troops in the Assault and 
Capture of the Fortress of Morne 
Fortunée, in the Island of St. 
Lucia, in the Morning of the 22d 
of June. 
Royal military artificers, 1 ser-. 
jeant killed.—2d battalion of royals, 
1 serjeant, 8 rank and file killed ; 
1 field officer, 1 captain, 2 ser- 
jeants, 43 rank and file wounded ; 
1 rank and file missing.—64th regi- 
ment, 1 serjeant, 5 rank and file 
killed ; 2 field officers, 1 captain, 
1 subaltern, 2 serjeants, 31 rank 
and file wounded ; 1 rank and file 
missing.—3d West India regiment, 
1 serjeant, 3 rank and file killed; 
2 subalterns, 23 rank and file wound- 
ed; 5 rank and file missing.—Staff, 
1 field officer wounded. Total, 
4 serjeants, 16 rank and file killed ; 
4 field officers, 2 captains, 3 subal- 
terns, 4 serjeants, 97 rank and file 
wounded ; 1 drummer, 7 rank and 
file missing. 
Officers wounded.—2d battalion of 
royals, lieut. col. Macdonald, se- 
verely ; captain Chaloner, severely. 
—64th regiment, lieut. col, Paken- 
ham, severely ; major sir G. 
Richardson, capt. Galway, lieut. 
F. Rowan, slightly.—3d West In- 
dia regiment, lieutenant Moultrie, 
slightly ; ensign Fagan, slightly.— 
Staff, lieut. col. Morden, deputy 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
adjutant-general, severely.—N. B. 
Hospital mate Heyes, attached to 
the 3d West India regiment, se- 
verely wounded, not included above. 
(Signed) W. Tatum, capt. 
Assistant ajd. gen. 
Letter from Commodore Hood, Com- 
mander in Chief at the Leeward 
Islands, to Sir E. Nepean, Bart. 
dated on board the Centaur, in 
Choque Bay, St. Lucia, June 22. 
Sir, 
I have the honour to acquaint you, 
for the information of the jords com- 
missioners of the admiralty, that, 
oa my arrival at Barbadoes, on the 
17th, late in the evening, having 
consulted lieut. gen. Grinfield with 
respect to the intended co-operation 
of the army and navy, I instantly 
took measures to prevent further 
supplies being thrown into St. Lucia, 
(the ships on this service, under the 
orders of captain O’Brien, of the 
Emerald, made some captures of 
trading vessels), and every disposi- 
tion was settled for embarking the 
troops and light artillery on board 
the ships of war, and the necessary 
stores, &c. in small vessels, for the 
expedition: by great exertions, the 
whole was effected on the 20th, and 
the arrangements completed. The 
lieut. general having embarked with 
the troops, I put to sea with the 
ships named in the margin®* ; was 
joined next morning by the Emerald 
and Osprey, having brigadier gen. 
Prevost on board, and were all an- 
chored by eleven o’clock in this bay., 
There being a strong breeze, the 
boats of the squadron had a heavy 
pull with the first division of the 
army, composed of the 2d battalion 
of the royals, and two field-pieces, 
under the command of brig. gen. 
Brereton ; 
* Centaur, Courageux, Argo, Chichester, Hornet, and Cyane. 
