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It now became necessary, if 

 possible, to communicate with 

 lieutenant-colonel Macleod, the 

 senior officer, with the detachment 

 on shore, which in landing had the 

 whole of their ammunition da- 

 maged, and had lost a consider- 

 able number of their arras. Lieu- 

 tenant Foulstone, of his majesty's 

 69th regiment, in the most hand- 

 some manner volunteering to swim 

 through the surf, his services 

 were immediately accepted, and 

 that officer, accordingly, conveyed 

 ny orders to the lieutenant-co- 

 lonel to take possession of and 

 occupy St. Marte for the night. 



I proceeded with the commo- 

 dore in the Boadicea, on the 

 morning of the 8th, with the re- 

 mainder of the third and fourth 

 brigades, and effected a landing 

 to leeward, at Grand Chaloupe, 

 about eleven o'clock a. m. 



With this force under my com- 

 mand, I instantly moved forward 

 by the mountains; the other bo- 

 dies of the troops were also ad- 

 vanced, and had passed the strong 

 posts of the enemy. Two field 

 pieces, and a howitzer were 

 brought forward, and would have 

 been in action in half an hour. 



Affairs were thus situated, when 

 1 received a message from the left, 

 that the enemy had sent out a 

 trumpeter, with an officer, to de- 

 mand a suspension of arms, and 

 on honourable terms to surrender 

 the island. 



Thus, sir, in a few hours, has 

 this rich, extensive, and valuable 

 colony, been added to his gracious 

 majesty's dominions, with a po- 

 pulation of upwards of 100,000 

 souls ; and with a loss on our part, 

 comparatively trifling, the nature 

 of the service considered. 



On llie 9th, agreeably to lord 



Minto's orders, Mr. Farquhar was 

 sworn in governor of this colony 

 and its dependencies, at which 

 ceremonj' commodore Rowley 

 and myself attended. 



Total loss : one subaltern, one 

 Serjeant, sixteen rank and file 

 killed ; one major, seven subal- 

 terns, two Serjeants, two drum- 

 mers, sixty-six rank and file, one 

 seaman wounded. 



His majesty's ship, Sirius, at 

 anchor at St." Paul's 11th July, 

 1810. 



Sir, — In putting your order in 

 force to anchor at St. Paul's, I 

 was fired at by the batteries, and 

 on shewing a truce, they repeated 

 it with many shells ; however, 

 during my stay in the bay, I 

 clearly saw that a brig was getting 

 ready to sail that night. 



At eleven o'clock I dispatched 

 lieutenant Norman in the barge, 

 to bring her out or cut her off; he 

 found, by boarding the other ves- 

 sels in the bay, that she sailed 

 about nine o'clock ; he pushed on, 

 and after a hard row of nearly 

 twelve hours came up with, and 

 in a most gallant manner rowed 

 through her fire, boarded, an^ltook 

 her. SheistheEdouard, of JSantz, 

 pierced for sixteen guns, has only 

 four twelve-pounders, and thirty 

 men on board, was charged with 

 dispatches for the Isle of France. 

 I am happy to say, we have only 

 three men wounded, and not dan- 

 gerously. I am, &c. 



(signed) S. Pym. 



To Commodore Rowley. 



P. S. She is sixteen months old, 

 245 tons, coppered and copper- 

 fastened, and, in my opinion, a 

 very fit vessel for a packet. 



30. Capture of La Comtesse 

 d'Hambough, of fourteen guns, 

 twelve-pounders, and six guns, 



