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bardment. Five officers and 130 

 privates of the garrison, surrender- 

 ed prisoners of war, and were sent 

 on board the Rompee. 



In the mean time major-general 

 Maitland, with the main body of his 

 division, advanced to Lamentin. 

 Lieut.-general Beckvvith and sir G. 

 Prevost, proceeded towards Bruno 

 and Sourrier, having frequent skir- 

 mishes with the enemy on their 

 march. On the 2nd of February 

 they had a more general action with 

 the enemy in the neighbourhood of 

 Sourrier, a height which affords a 

 commanding situation for attacking 

 Fort Bourbon. The possession of 

 this height was obstinately contest- 

 ed by the enemy for several hours. 

 They repeatedly charged our troops, 

 who as often received them on the 

 point of the bayonet. The enemy 

 were at length driven from their 

 position, and our troops obtained 

 possession of the heights. 



The whole of tiie details of this 

 affair had not reached Barbadoes 

 at the last date of these papers (the 

 11th ult.); our loss is, however,stat- 

 ed at 72 men killed, and 24'0 wound- 

 ed. — Amongst tile officers are, capt. 

 Taylor of tl>e 7th, major Maxwell 

 of the 8th, and captain Sinclair of 

 the2oth, killed; and lieut.-colonel 

 Peckenliam of the 7th, majors 

 Campbell and Turner of the royal 

 West India rangers, and captain 

 Gladstanes of the 3rd West India 

 regiment, wounded. Lieut.-gene- 

 ral Beckwith, who led the attack, 

 had a narrow escape, a soldier be- 

 ing killed by his side. The loss 

 of the enemy is stated at about 300 

 men. 



After this action the enemy con- 

 centrated the whole of his force in 

 Fort Bourbon. Major-gen. Mait- 

 land with his division moved from 



Lamentin, round the Cul deSac de 

 Cohee, to point Negro ; and major 

 Henderson, with his party, pro- 

 ceeded by water across Fort Royal 

 Bay down to Cass Naviere, and 

 took a position on the heights above 

 it. 



At the date of the last accounts 

 from Martinique (the 6th ult.), pre- 

 parations were making for an attack 

 upon the works of Fort Bourbon, 

 which were expectedto be complet- 

 ed in eight or ten days. 



The inhabitants of the island 

 were at least neutral, if not friendly 

 to our reduction of it. They had 

 not in any instance annoyed our 

 troops, and towards the squadron 

 had shown great hospitality, having 

 repeatedly supplied them with fruit, 

 vegetables, &c. 



An offer to surrender had been, 

 it was said, sent by the inhabitants 

 of St. Pierre's, but its immediate 

 possession was considered of no 

 consequence, as it must follow the 

 fate of Fort Bourbon. 



Respecting the Insurrection in the 

 Tyrol in favour of Austria, we 

 give an official report published 

 by the Emperor Francis tvhile 

 at Scarding on the 17 th ult. 

 from Colond Taxis, ivho had 

 been sent into the Tyrol with a 

 small Austrian corps to assist 

 the operations of the inhabitants. 

 Inspruck, April 15. 

 Sire, 

 I feel it a duty incumbent upon 

 me to make known to your imperial 

 majesty the testimonies of bravery 

 and fidelity which the former sub- 

 jects ofy our majesty have displayed, 

 in proof of their attachment toyour 

 august house. The brave Tyrole- 

 ans, driven to despair by the extinc- 

 tion 



