314 ANNUAL REGISTER, ISIO. 



20. Whitehall. — The king has 

 been pleased to nominate and ap- 

 point lieutenant-general William 

 Carr Beresford, to be one of the 

 Knights Companions of the most 

 Honourable Order of the Bath. 



The king has been pleased to 

 constitute and appoint Burton 

 Morice, esq. barrister at law, 

 steward, and one of the judges of 

 his majesty's Palace court of 

 Westminster, in the room of 

 James Stanley, esq. deceased. 



25. Extraordinary. — From lieu- 

 tenant-colonel Keating, narrating 

 the capture of the Island of Bour- 

 bon, dated July 21. 



The force, consisting of 1,800 

 European and 1,850 native troops, 

 arrived at Rodrigues June 20. 



On the 2'ith of June, commo- 

 dore Rowley, commanding the 

 blockading squadron before the 

 Isles of France and Buonaparte, 

 anchored in his majesty's ship 

 Boadicea, off Fort Duncan, in 

 the island of Rodrigues. 



The plan of attack was for 

 striking the first blow at the 

 enemy's capital, first, to prevent 

 a protracted warfare in the in- 

 terior of a country almost inac- 

 cessible to an invading army; and, 

 secondly, to ensure the final reduc- 

 tion of the island in the shortest 

 time possible, by securing the 

 principal garrison and the go- 

 vernor, and commander-in-chief, 

 whom I knew to be at St. Dennis. 



The first brigade, composed of 

 his majesty's 86th regiment, the 

 first battalion of the 6th regiment 

 of Madras native infantry, and a 

 small detail of artillery and pio- 

 neers, commanded by lieutenant- 

 colonel Fraze.', was ordered to 

 land at Grand Chaloupe, and to 

 proceed by the mountains direct 

 against ?lie west side of the 

 enemy's capital ; whilst the se- 



cond, third, and fourth brigades 

 were to land at Riviere des Pluies, 

 and to force the lines of defence 

 extending from the Butor redoubt 

 on the north or sea side, to the 

 redoubt No. 11, on the south, 

 and from thence to cross the rear 

 of the town to the riverSt. Dennis. 

 About two o'clock, j5. m. on the 

 7th, the several ships having 

 reached their stations, the wea- 

 ther being then moderate, and the 

 enemy not appearing in strength, 

 it was determined to debark the 

 troops. Accordingly, lieutenant- 

 col. Campbell, with 150 light 

 troops of his brigade, and captain 

 Willoughby, of the royal navy, 

 commanding a large party of 

 seamen, and appointed to super- 

 intend the landing, immediately 

 pushed off and landed their inen 

 about four o'clock. Lieutenant- 

 colonel Macleod, of his majesty's 

 69th regiment, commanding the 

 third brigade, with 150 men 

 effected a landing nearly at the 

 same time ; but at this moment the 

 wind increasing with much vio- 

 lence, raised the surf to an unex- 

 pected height, and several boats 

 being stove on the beach, the 

 landing of more troops that even- 

 ing became impracticable. This 

 important object was not, how- 

 ever, given up until an experi- 

 ment, concerted with commo- ' 

 dore Rowley, was put in execu- I 

 tion. A small transport, the ' 

 Udney, was run upon the beach, 

 in hopes that the troops might be '■ 

 enabled to land over her stern, or | 

 under her lee. This service was i 

 performed by lieutenant Lloyd, j 

 second of the Boadicea, with the 

 usual intrepidity which distin- 

 guishes our navy; but the violence 

 of the weather and natural difficul- 

 ties of the situation were such as 

 to frustrate the intention proposed. 



