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ceedihg to land the troops ; and as no orders 

 were given to advance to the attack of the 

 fort, it was prefumed that the anfwer had not 

 been hoftile. 



Between 10 and n o'clock the flag 

 of truce again returned, and it was then 

 announced that the capitulation was accept- 

 ed, and that the fort was immediately to fur- 

 render to our troops. A party was according- 

 ly detached, to take poffeflion of a poft agreed 

 upon, and the whole garrifon was to march 

 out at 4 o'clock. Confequently by evening 

 we found ourfelves fully eflablifhed in Fort 

 William Frederic, the ftrongeft, and indeed 

 the only defence of the colony. 



Notwithftanding our ftricl obfervance of 

 cleanlinefs, and all our care to prevent dif- 

 feafe, I am forry to remark, that numbers of 

 the foldiers fell fick on the paffage : but in 

 mentioning this I ought to obferve that the 

 39th and 99th regiments were moftly 

 compofed of draughts from various other 

 young regiments, confifting principally of old 

 men, and unfeafoned boys, who had been col- 

 lected together, not according to the beft regu- 



