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ducted that department with zeal 
and ability, and has rendered me 
essential assistance. I am parti- 
cularly indebted to Lieutenant- 
Colonel Popham, and the officers 
of the Quarter-Master General’s 
Department. Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walker, Assistant Quarter-Master 
General, fitted up and conducted 
the mortar. boats, which would 
have been of great use, had an 
Opportunity of employing them 
presented itself. ; 
The medical arrangements were 
conducted by Doctor Fergusson, 
Inspector of Hospitals, in a man- 
ner that might be expected from 
his zeal, knowledge, and expe- 
rience; and I have every reason 
to be satisfied with Mr. Bullock, 
Commissary-General, and the offi- 
cers of his department. 
I must not omit to mention to 
your Lordship the zeal and intel- 
ligence of the officers of the Royal 
Artillery and Engineers. 
I received every assistance from 
the intelligence and activity of the 
officers of my personal staff. 
I have the honour to transmit 
herewith, returns of the killed, 
wounded, and missing, of the 
troops under my command, which 
I am happy to say, are inconsi- 
derable. 
When it is considered that this 
beautiful and extensive colony, 
with a population of 110,000 
souls, with forts, and an armed 
force numerically greater than 
ours—when it is known that 
every sanguinary measure had 
been devised, and. that the 
worst scenes of the revolution 
were to be re-commenced, that 
the 15th of August, the birth-day 
of Buonaparte, was to have been 
solemnized by the execution of 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 18f6. 
the royalists, already condemned, 
to death, it is a subject of con- 
gratulation to see Guadaloupe 
completely shielded from Jacobin 
fury in two days, and without the 
loss of many lives. 
Thus, my Lord, the flag of the 
most unprovoked rebellion, un- 
der which the slaves had been 
called to arms, and many were 
wrought up to a pitch of sangui- 
nary frenzy, threatening the im- 
mediate destruction of the colony, 
has disappeared from the Ameri~ 
can Archipelago, while the colo- 
nies, faithful to his Most. Chris- 
tian Majesty, are secured to his 
dominions by British garrisons. 
I cannot avoid on this occasion 
expressing my sense of the ho- 
nourable, firm, and wise conduct 
of Admiral le Comte de Vaugi- 
raud, Governor-General of Mar- 
tinique, who had afforded me 
every information and assistance 
in his power against the common 
enemy. 
This dispatch will be delivered 
to you by Captain Leith Hay, my 
aide-de-camp and military secre- 
tary, who was on my staff the 
whole Peninsular war; he will 
be enabled to give any informa- 
tion which you may be pleased to 
require. I beg leave to recom- 
mend him to your Lordship’s pro- 
tection. 
Ihave the honour to be, &c. 
James LEITH, 
‘Commander of the Forces. 
His Majesty's ship Venerable - 
Aug. 3, 1815. 
Sir,—We send you a procla- 
mation, which it is our intention 
to circulate upon landing at Gua« 
daloupe. 
It is unnecessary to make any, 
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