APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
teive your answer to my letter of 
yesterday, I beg to represent, that, 
from the tenor of yours of the 22d, 
I did hope to see your flag flying 
this morning at Fort Picolet.. As £ 
have full confiderice you will not 
rescind the agreement with general 
Rochambeau, who intends, if pos- 
sible, to have more time granted 
him to escape, and that you will 
have possession of the town, and its 
forts, this afternoon ; I shall then be 
much obliged if you will send me 
some experienced pilots, to conduét 
a part of my squadron into the har- 
bour, to take possession of the 
shipping. 
General Dessalines. 
John Loring. 
[ FRANSLATION. | 
LIBERTY OR DEATH. 
Head-quarters, 6th Frimaire, 
An. 12. 
The General in Chief of the Indige- 
nous Army to Capt. Loring, com- 
manding the Naval Forces of his 
Britannic Majesty before the Cape. 
Sir, 
Tamaccused by you of the receipt 
of a letter which I never had the ho- 
nour td receive. You may be as- 
sured that my favourable disposition 
towards you, and hostility towards 
general Rochambeau, are unaltera- 
ble. I shall enter the Cape to- 
morrow morning at the head of my 
army. Itis a matter of great regret 
to me [ cannot send. you-the pilots 
which you require. I presume you 
will have no occasion for them. I 
Shall force the French ships to quit 
the road, and you will do with them 
as you may judge proper. 
Dessalines. 
[Here follows the capitulation 
547 
agreed upon by captain Bligh and 
general Boyé, by which the French 
naval and military forces were sur- 
rendered to his ‘majesty’s squa- 
dron. | 
Bellerophon, off Cape Nicola 
Mole, Dec. 2. 
Sir, 
From general Rochambean’s ex- 
traordinary conduct on the public 
Service, neither captain Bligh nor 
myself have had any thing to say to 
him farther than complying with his 
wishes in allowing him to remain om 
board the Surveillante until her ar- 
rival at Jamaica, which I very rea- 
dily agreed to, as also the commo- 
dore. I have general Boyer, with 
about 22 officers, and 190. soldiers 
and sailors, en board the Bellero- 
phon, and 60 more on board the 
Hercule that were taken out of the 
Surveillante; the Blanche has on 
board all the crew of the Cerf. I 
had began this letter yesterday, to 
have dispatched the Blanche early 
this morning, but, seeing the Desirée 
coming down with six sail, waited 
until she joined, and am happy to 
inform you, that, through the exer- 
tions of lieut. Willoughby, the Clo- 
rinde is afloat again with the loss of 
her rudder, and captain Bligh is pre-. 
paring a temporary one to bring 
her down; the Vertu and other 
ships are out, and I am in hourly 
expectation of seeing them with the 
Elephant. I have sent captain Ross 
into the Mole, to summon that gar- 
rison to surrender; and shall dis- 
patch the Blanche immediately [have 
general Noailles’s answer. 
Half past four. Captain Ross has 
this instant returned with the in- 
closed answer; and I dispatch the 
Blanche in consequence, and shall 
follow soon after. The Elephant, 
Nn2 Vertu, 
