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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  Manchac, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  assault 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  

   September, 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  sixty 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  

   royal 
  order 
  authorizing 
  the 
  king's 
  subjects 
  in 
  America 
  

   to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  war. 
  Without 
  loss 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  army 
  

   was 
  marched 
  to 
  Baton 
  Rouge. 
  Colonel 
  Dickson, 
  in 
  

   command 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  garrison 
  at 
  that 
  place, 
  had 
  a 
  

   force 
  of 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  men, 
  including 
  militia 
  ; 
  he 
  

   was 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  ammunition 
  and 
  provisions, 
  but 
  

   his 
  men 
  were 
  sickly, 
  and 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  repair. 
  

   Galvez 
  immediately 
  invested 
  the 
  fort, 
  mounted 
  some 
  

   heavy 
  ordnance, 
  and 
  a 
  cannonade 
  of 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  

   two 
  hours 
  compelled 
  a 
  surrender. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  September, 
  1779, 
  Colonel 
  Dickson 
  

   agreed 
  to 
  a 
  capitulation, 
  which 
  included 
  also 
  Fort 
  Pan- 
  

   mure 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  and 
  another 
  small 
  post 
  on 
  the 
  Amite 
  

   River. 
  

  

  This 
  expedition, 
  so 
  promptly 
  conceived 
  and 
  success- 
  

   fully 
  executed, 
  reflected 
  much 
  honor 
  upon 
  Galvez, 
  and 
  

   afforded 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  energy 
  and 
  ability 
  that 
  had 
  not 
  

   for 
  a 
  long 
  period 
  before 
  been 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  rulers 
  of 
  

   the 
  colony. 
  Don 
  Carlos 
  de 
  Grand 
  Pre 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  com- 
  

   mand 
  of 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  with 
  two 
  officers 
  under 
  him 
  in 
  

   command 
  of 
  Fort 
  Panraure 
  and 
  Fort 
  Bute. 
  Thus 
  closed 
  

   the 
  British 
  rule 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  West 
  Florida, 
  which 
  

   had 
  existed, 
  dating 
  from 
  the 
  Treaty 
  of 
  Paris, 
  about 
  six- 
  

   teen 
  years. 
  

  

  AS 
  A 
  PROVINCE 
  OF 
  SPAIN; 
  1779—1798. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  capitulation 
  of 
  Colonel 
  Dickson, 
  commanding 
  

   the 
  British 
  garrison 
  at 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  1779, 
  the 
  Natchez 
  District, 
  including 
  Fort 
  Pan- 
  

   mure, 
  and 
  two 
  small 
  posts 
  on 
  the 
  Amite 
  and 
  Thomp- 
  

  

  