GENERAL HISTORY. 
was to be effected ; and as soon as 
the affairs of Martinique were 
settled, preparations were making 
by the British commanders to 
wrest Guadaloupe from the impe- 
rial usurper. Sir James Leith, 
having collected troops from the 
Windward islands and the conti- 
nent of America, and made ar- 
rangements with Rear-adm. Sir 
Charles Durham, sailed on July 
31st from Carlisle Bay io Barba- 
does, whilst the land force from 
St. Lucie, Martinique, and Domi- 
nica, was ordered to rendezvous 
atthe Saintes. On the 7th Aug. the 
whole force being assembled at 
the Saintes, it was resolved to lose 
no time in making the attack, ex- 
pedition being rendered necessary 
as well by the approach of the 
hurricane season, as. by the in- 
ternal state of Guadaloupe, in 
which the sanguinary scenes of 
the French revolution were about 
to be renewed. The 15th of the 
month, being Buonaparte’s birth- 
day, was, according to report, to 
have been solemnized by the exe- 
cution of a number of royalists 
already condemned to death; and 
their rescue was an object of in- 
terest to the British commander. 
The troops of the line and armed 
militia in the island amounted to 
about 6,000 men, posted in Grand- 
terre and Basseterre, and it was 
the plan of Sir J. Leith to land 
his principal force so as to prevent 
the intended junction of the ene- 
my. This was successfully effect- 
on the 8th, and the troops 
were moved forward, driving the 
enemy from the position they had 
taken, At the time of landing, 
theGeneraland Admiral circulated 
4 proclamation of which they had 
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previously sent a copy to. Linois 
with notice of theirintention. Its 
substance was, an information to 
the inhabitants of the events 
which had taken place in France 
since Buonaparte’s landing, name- 
ly, his entire defeat at Waterloo, 
the march of Wellingtonand Blu- 
cher to Paris, and the advance of 
all the allied armies to the French 
frontiers. They also announced 
their arrival withra powerful force 
to place Guadaloupe under the 
protection of his Britannic Ma- 
jesty, and stated the terms on 
which they proposed to. receive 
the colony. 
Early on the 9th the troops ad- 
vanced incoJumns withall possible 
rapidity, and a series of actions 
ensued (see Gazette) by which 
the enemy were completely cut 
off from making their intended 
junction. On that night an offi- 
cer came to propose a capitulation 
on the part of Linois ; but the an- 
swer returned was, that no other 
conditions would be accepted than 
those mentioned in the proclama- 
tion, On the next. morning, pre- 
parations being made for an attack 
on Morne Houel, a white flag was 
hung out as a signal that the 
troops in it had surrendered as 
prisoners of war, and that all the 
forts in the colony had yielded to 
the British arms. This conquest 
-was obtained with a small loss, 
and by it an end was put to revo- 
lutionary attempts in the French 
West Indies. By the articles of 
capitulation it was agreed that 
the Count de Linois, Baron Boy.-- 
er, the French troops of the line. 
with the military administration. 
should be sent to France to the 
Duke of Wellington as prisoners 
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