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Lieut..General Joseph Walton. 
Lieut.-General Thomas Davies. 
1760.—Joined the Army under Lord 
Amherst, and commanded Naval 
and Artillery detachments on Lake 
Ontario, under chief command of 
Col. Williamson, 11.A. Was one of 
the four who took, on 17th July, 
a French frigate, Ottaiva, of 10 
guns,* after close action of 2 hours 
15 minutes. Col. Williamson, 
R.A., commanded the two Bombs 
and two Galleys. Lord Amherst 
re-named the frigate as the Will¬ 
iamson. 1 
1761-2.—Expedition to West Indies 
with Admiral Rodney’s fleet, in 
command of the gun boats. Siege 
and capture of Martinique. 
1763.—Promoted Capt. R.A. in North 
America, and remained there in 
command until 1766. 
1766.—Woolwich, command Company. 
1772.—Minorca until 1775. 
1775. h 
to > Woolwich. 
1782.) 
1760. —Joined the Army, at Lake On¬ 
tario. Remained Bateaux Master; 
and was appointed to the command 
of a galley. Was one of the four 
who took a French frigate of 18 
guns, after a close action of 2 hours 
5 2 minutes. After that commanded 
the Artillery detached with General *i i|-P£. 
Haldemand for siege of Fort Levy. 2 8-pra. 
Thence with the Army under Lord 
Amherst, for Montreal : hoisted 
the British colours thereon. Thence 
to explore the waters of the St. 
Lawrence, and to survey the wes¬ 
tern borders and boundaries of the 
waters and coasts of Lake Ontario 
to Niagara: thence to Fort Ontario, 
that river and Oneida Lake and ad¬ 
jacent rivers to New York. 
1761. —Sent to Lake Ontario to survey 
and explore the southern shores of 
that lake, the Seneca and other 
rivers emptying therein ; and to 
visit the various tribes of Indians 
bordering thereon. Returned in 
the winter to New York. 
1762. —Survey of Lakes George and 
Champlain, to Montreal. Executed 
that and returned in the fall to 
New York. Promoted Capt. Lieut. 
R.A. 
1763-4.—New York till June : then 
returned to England until 1764. 
1764.—Returned to New York. 
1765-8.—In New York and Canada. 
1769-71.—England. Promoted Capt. 
in 1771. 
1772-4.—England. Appointed^.^e C., 
without pay, to Lord Amherst, 
(Lieut.-General of the Ordnance.) 
1775. —New York. Was at the battle 
(with a brigade of guns) of the 
White Plains , under Sir W. Howe. 
With that Army at the taking of 
Port Washington. Thence with the 
Army under Lord Cornwallis to the 
Jerseys , with the command of the 
Artillery for that service. 
1776. —Sent to Stratten Island to fit 
out the expedition for the siege of 
Martinica. 
1 For details of this plucky action, see “England’s Artillerymen” (Browne), pp. 27-8. 
