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ehun, Petit Carbet, and looking 
towards Trois Rivieres ; to threat~ 
en the left flank and rear of the 
enemy, posted to oppose the land- 
ing at Grande Ance, and to drive 
him from the important commu- 
nication of Pautrizel, which leads 
to turn the strong post of Dolé 
and. Morne Palmiste, the latter 
being one of the principal keys to 
Basseterre. 
Meanwhile the fleet dropped 
down to Grande Ance, to effect 
the principal landing, where the 
enemy was in force, and posses- 
sed a strong position, with bat- 
teries commanding the landing 
place, which was susceptible of 
obstinate defence. The brigs of 
war and a gun-boat placed to en- 
filade, soon obliged the enemy to 
abandon his guns, one of which 
only, a long twelve-pounder, was 
found mounted. 
The surf was very great, and 
one of the gun boats was lost, 
but the exertions of the navy, 
and the steadiness of the troops, 
surmounted every difficulty. 
The 15th and 25th regiments, 
with the remainder of the Ist and 
2nd brigades, under Major-Gene- 
rals Sir Charles Shipley and Ste- 
helin, were safely disembarked. 
_ I immediately moved forward 
the troops to drive the enemy; 
but if he had before any hopes of 
maintaining his position for the 
night, a sharp fire of musquetry, 
by which we speedily drove him 
from Pautrizel, placed his left 
flank en l’air, and obliged him to 
retire. 
The approach of darkness left 
no farther means of attack that 
night, and I placed the troops in 
their bivouac. 
At break of day on the 9th, 
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the troops were put in motion in 
two columns; the Ist brigade, 
under Major-General Sir Charles 
Shipley, moved upon, and occu~- 
pied Dolé; the 2nd under Major- 
General Stehelin, marched upon 
the left of the Morne Palmiste, by 
Pautrizel. It appeared that Comte 
de Linois, and General Boyer had 
evacuated Doléin the night. The 
enemy, however, shewed himself 
in considerable force on the left 
of the Morne Palmiste, and on 
the face of that mountain, com- 
manding the main road to Basse 
terre; his advance occupied Pe- 
tit’s plantation. 
Captain Leith Hay, my aide-de- 
camp, was ordered to gain the top 
of Morne Boucanier, by a difficult 
detour, with a rifle company of 
the Royal West India Rangers 
and light company of the 6th 
West India regiment, to alarm 
the enemy’s right flank and rear, 
which being accomplished, oblig- 
ed him to withdraw; his posts 
were every where driven, and 
he retreated to the Morne Pal- 
miste. 
I determined to push the ene- 
my as rapidly as was possible, 
considering the nature of the 
country, of which every. part is 
not only susceptible of defence, 
but is even difficult of access 
without resistance, especially un- 
der the heat of a tropical sun. 
A heavy cannonade now an- 
nounced the disembarkation of 
the 3rd brigade, under Major- 
General Douglass, in the vicinity 
of Bailliff, and to leeward of Bas- 
seterre. I had instructed him to 
seize the Batterie ‘des Trois, to 
occupy the capital, to mask, or if 
practicable, to take Fort St. 
Charles by a coup-de-main, to, 
