CONTENTS.
Expedition to the West Indies determined on … Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis appointed Commanders in Chief … The Boyne sails from Spithead … Occurrences on the voyage from thence to Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes.
The Commanders in Chief prepare for the expedition against Martinique … Gun-boats constructed, and described … A short account of Barbadoes … Sale of slaves … A list of the fleet.
The fleet sails from Barbadoes … Anchors on the south coast of Martinique … Capture of a battery … General Grey lands with his army … Flag of truce fired on by the enemy … The Commanders in Chief attack the island at three different places at the same time.
March of the Commander in Chief from Trois Rivieres to Sallée … Occurrences on the march … General Whyte detached … Takes Pigeon Island … The Admiral anchors off Pigeon Island … Description of the Bay of Fort Royal … The third brigade lands at Cas de Navires.
General Dundas lands on the north east side of the island … Trinité taken … Colonel Cradock attacked, Captain McEwen killed … General Dundas forms a junction with Sir Charles Grey … March towards St. Pierre … Colonel Campbell killed … St. Pierre attacked by sea, and taken … Description of that town.
The enemy retire into Fort Bourbon and Fort Louis … The Admiral attacks Fort Louis with the bomb-ketch and gun-boats … Camp of seamen formed at Point Negro … A wharf built in the Cul de sac de Cohée; stores and ammunition landed there … General Bellgarde attempts to cut off the communication between the army and navy, but is beaten, and his camp on Sourier taken … Head Quarters established on Sourier … General Rochambeau sends an aid-de-camp to the Commanders in Chief … The navy make a road, and drag the guns to the heights of Sourier.
Forts Bourbon and Louis closely invested … Batteries on the first parallel erected … The seamen employed in getting guns to the batteries on the west side … A dangerous pass described … Captain Miln mortally wounded; he dies; his character … Bellgarde delivers himself and army into the hands of Sir Charles Grey … His Royal Highness Prince Edward arrives, and takes a command … Batteries opened against Fort Bourbon … Lieutenant Bowen's spirited conduct … Fort Louis taken by storm … Captain Faulknor's gallant conduct … Fort Bourbon surrenders.
General Prescott is left governor of Martinique … The Commanders in Chief sail for St. Lucia … General Dundas lands near Pigeon Island … The fleet anchors at Marigot de Rosseaux … Prince Edward lands with the grenadiers, and marches towards Morne Fortuné … Colonel Coote lands with the light infantry … The fleet anchors in Barrington's Bay … Colonel Coote storms a redoubt on the Morne … General Ricard surrenders the island … Colonel Sir Charles Gordon left governor of St. Lucia … The Commanders in Chief sail to Martinique.
Expedition against Guadaloupe … The Isles de Saintes attacked and taken … The Boyne and Veteran anchor off Grozier … The troops land under cover of the Winchelsea frigate … Captain Lord Garlies wounded … Fort Fleur d'Epée taken by storm … Fort Louis and the town of Point à Pitre taken … Casualties … General description of the island.
The General embarks his army, and lands on Basse Terre at Petit Bourg … Occurrences on the march towards Palmiste … The Admiral anchors in Ance de Baillif … General Dundas lands, and forms a communication with Sir Charles Grey … The Palmiste taken by assault … General Collot delivers up Fort St. Charles, and the island of Guadaloupe and its dependencies to the Commanders in Chief.
The charges of extorted contributions and oppressions, alledged against the Commanders in Chief by certain interested individuals, refuted … The real causes of the loss of Guadaloupe.
General Dundas dies of the yellow fever … His character … A French squadron arrives in the West Indies, and takes possession of Grande Terre … The Commanders in Chief on receiving an account thereof return to Guadaloupe … General Grey lands at Grande Terre, and takes possession of the heights of Mascot … Several actions take place … A truce to bury the dead … An unsuccessful attack on Point à Pitre.
The Commanders in Chief sail to Martinique … Proceedings there and at Guadaloupe … Camp Berville taken … Occurrences thereupon … General Prescott enters Fort Matilda, which is invested by the French … Sir John Vaughan and Admiral Caldwell arrive in the West Indies … Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis resign their command, and return to Europe.