APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 295 
comments on the contents, as 
they are applicable to you, Sir, as 
well as every other individual of 
the colony. 
We are, Sir, yours, &c. 
(Signed) 
James LEITH, 
Lieut.-Gen. Commander of 
his Britannic Majesty’s 
Land Forces, &c. 
P. C. Duruam, 
‘Commander-in-Chief of his 
Britannic Majesty’s Na- 
val Forces. 
To Le Comte De Linois, &c. 
&c. &c. Guadaloupe. 
PROCLAMATION. 
( Translation. ) 
By Lieutenant-General Sir James 
Leith, K.G. C.B.&c. &c. com: 
manding in chief his Britannic 
~ Majesty’s land forces in the 
Leeward Islands, and Rear- Ad- 
miral Sir C. Durham, com- 
manding in chief his Majesty’s 
naval forces. ™ 
Inhabitants of Guadaloupe !— 
The misrepresentations and arti- 
fices which have been employed 
to deceive you with regard to the 
true situation of Europe, the prin- 
ciples resulting at the same time 
from despotism and anarchy by 
which your revolutionary. chiefs 
have conducted you to the brink 
of the precipice on which you 
stand, can no longer prevail. The 
veil is torn—youreyesare opened. 
You are not ignorant that it 
was the intention of our Sove- 
reign to furnish every assistance 
for the support of your legitimate 
government; but these generous 
offers have been rejected by the 
men who have misled you. 
We consequently come with 
Vor. LVII. 
a formidable military and naval 
force to place Guadaloupe under 
the protection of his Britannic 
Majesty. ; 
The loyal and honourable sup- 
porters of Louis XVIII. will see, 
that after having done every 
thing which depended on us to 
maintain the white flag, no other 
alternative remained, either for 
the salvation of Guadaloupe or for 
our own security, but to hoist the 
British standard. 7 
We are not the less, however, 
the allies of the legitimate go- 
vernment of France, and we in- 
vite all good and loyal Frenchmen 
to rally round us. / 
It is necessary to make known 
to you the situation of Europe 
and France, which has, no doubt, 
been concealed from you by, your 
revolutionary chiefs. Buonaparte 
has been defeated by the Duke of 
Wellington and Prince Blucher 
in a great and decisive battle, 
fought on the 18th of June—his 
army annihilated, and all his ar- 
tillery and baggage taken. The 
usurper fled with some of his per- 
jured generals, and reached Paris, 
where, knowing how desperate 
was his situation, he abdicated 
the pretended Imperial Crown, 
The aliies were at La Fere and 
Laon on the 24th of June, in full 
march on Paris, where they would 
arrive on the 26th; there was no- 
thing to oppose them. . 
The Austrians and Russians 
were penetrating into France, in 
mass, by Italy, Switzerland, and 
Alsace. At the same time his 
Most Christian Majesty had re- 
entered France, and by the latest 
accounts was advancing from 
Cambray.. ; 
Q 
