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Monthly Chronicle .
40 th Foot—4 rank and file killed ; i Lieutenant , 2 rank and file wounded . 42 ( 1 Foot . —1 rank and file killed ; 3 rank and file wounded . 63 d Foot—3 rank and file killed ; i Serjeant , 6 rank and file wounded . 2 d East India Regiment—1 Serjeant , 4 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant Colonel , i Ensign , 3 rank and file wounded . > Lewenstein's Chasseurs—4 rank and file killed ; 2 Lieutenants , 1 Serjeant , 8 rank and file wounded . Lieutenant Colonel StVincent 1 rank and file
Hassey ' s . ' s Rangers—Serjeant , S . killed ; -1 Lieutenant , 6 Serjeants , ro" rank and file wounded . ¦ Major French's St . Vincent ' s Rangers— 2 rank and file killed ; 2 Serjeants , S rank and file wounded . Total—3 Serjeants , 31 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant Colonel , 4 Lieutenants , 2 Ensigns , 12 Serjeants , r Gunner , 66 rank and file wounded . ¦ OFFICEKS WOUNDEU . Lieutenant . Colonel Graham and Ensign Towes , of the 2 d West India Regiment .
Lieutenant-Millar , of the 40 th Regiment . Lieutenants Beausireand Roquicr , of Lewenstein ' s Chasseurs . Lieutenant M'Keilzie , of Lieutenant Cofcmel Hassey ' s St . Vincent ' s Rangers . AnMIUALTY OFFICE , JAN . 20 , A letter from Rear Admiral Harvey , dated on board the Prince of Wales , Fort Royal . Bay , Martinique , Dec . 4 , 1796 , gives the following intelligence : ' , ' 'It appears that the French had landed about 30 b men on the island of
Anguilla , the 26 th uit . and that , after having plundered the island , and burnt several houses , and committed every devastation possible , attended with acts of great cruelty , on the appearance of the Lapwing , they re-embarked their troops the night of the 26 th , ant ! the following morning early the Lapwing came in action with the Decius of twenty-six guns , and Valiant brig , mounting four thirty-two and twenty-four pounders , as a gun vessel ; that after a ' close action of about an hour Ihe brig bore awayand in half an hour after the Decius struck
, her colours . The brig ran on shore on St . Martin ' s , and-by the fire of the Lapwing was destroyed ; that on the Lapwing taking possession of the Decius , it was found she had about eighty men killed and forty wounded , being full of troops ; that the following day the Lapwing was chaced by two large French frigates and Captain Barton fgund it necessary to take the prisoners and his men out of the Decius , and set fire to her , when he returned to St . Kitts , and landed one hundred and seventy prisoners . ' The French troops employed on this service were picked men from
Guadaloupe ; and there is great reason to suppose the greatest part of them . have been taken or destroyed . Many of the soldiers were drowned in attempting to swim ashore . . - ' The Lapwing had one man killed ; the pilot and six men wounded . '
ADMIKALTY-OFFICE , JANUARY 21 , 1797 . A letter from Sir Edward Peliew , Bart . Captain of his Majesty ' s frigate Indefatigable , to Evan Nepean , Esq . dated January 17 , 1797 , from " which the following are extracts : ' Observing a large ship in the N . W . quarter , steering for France , I instantlymade the signal to the Amazon for a general chace . At four P . M . the Indefatigable had gained sufficiently upon the chace for me to distinguish very clearly that she . had two tier of guns , with her lower deck ports open , and that she had no
poop . ' At fifteen minutes before six we brought the enemy to close action , which " continued to be well supported on both sides near an hour , when we unavoidably shot a-head ; at this moment the Amazon appeared a stern , and gallantly supplied our place ; but the eagerness of Captain Reynolds to second his friend , had brought him up under a press of sail , and , after a well supported and close fire for a little time , he also unavoidably shot a-head . The enemy , who had nearly effected running me on board , appeared to be much larger than the Indefatigable , and , from her very heavy ( ire of musquetry , I believe was full of men ; this fire
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Monthly Chronicle .
40 th Foot—4 rank and file killed ; i Lieutenant , 2 rank and file wounded . 42 ( 1 Foot . —1 rank and file killed ; 3 rank and file wounded . 63 d Foot—3 rank and file killed ; i Serjeant , 6 rank and file wounded . 2 d East India Regiment—1 Serjeant , 4 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant Colonel , i Ensign , 3 rank and file wounded . > Lewenstein's Chasseurs—4 rank and file killed ; 2 Lieutenants , 1 Serjeant , 8 rank and file wounded . Lieutenant Colonel StVincent 1 rank and file
Hassey ' s . ' s Rangers—Serjeant , S . killed ; -1 Lieutenant , 6 Serjeants , ro" rank and file wounded . ¦ Major French's St . Vincent ' s Rangers— 2 rank and file killed ; 2 Serjeants , S rank and file wounded . Total—3 Serjeants , 31 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant Colonel , 4 Lieutenants , 2 Ensigns , 12 Serjeants , r Gunner , 66 rank and file wounded . ¦ OFFICEKS WOUNDEU . Lieutenant . Colonel Graham and Ensign Towes , of the 2 d West India Regiment .
Lieutenant-Millar , of the 40 th Regiment . Lieutenants Beausireand Roquicr , of Lewenstein ' s Chasseurs . Lieutenant M'Keilzie , of Lieutenant Cofcmel Hassey ' s St . Vincent ' s Rangers . AnMIUALTY OFFICE , JAN . 20 , A letter from Rear Admiral Harvey , dated on board the Prince of Wales , Fort Royal . Bay , Martinique , Dec . 4 , 1796 , gives the following intelligence : ' , ' 'It appears that the French had landed about 30 b men on the island of
Anguilla , the 26 th uit . and that , after having plundered the island , and burnt several houses , and committed every devastation possible , attended with acts of great cruelty , on the appearance of the Lapwing , they re-embarked their troops the night of the 26 th , ant ! the following morning early the Lapwing came in action with the Decius of twenty-six guns , and Valiant brig , mounting four thirty-two and twenty-four pounders , as a gun vessel ; that after a ' close action of about an hour Ihe brig bore awayand in half an hour after the Decius struck
, her colours . The brig ran on shore on St . Martin ' s , and-by the fire of the Lapwing was destroyed ; that on the Lapwing taking possession of the Decius , it was found she had about eighty men killed and forty wounded , being full of troops ; that the following day the Lapwing was chaced by two large French frigates and Captain Barton fgund it necessary to take the prisoners and his men out of the Decius , and set fire to her , when he returned to St . Kitts , and landed one hundred and seventy prisoners . ' The French troops employed on this service were picked men from
Guadaloupe ; and there is great reason to suppose the greatest part of them . have been taken or destroyed . Many of the soldiers were drowned in attempting to swim ashore . . - ' The Lapwing had one man killed ; the pilot and six men wounded . '
ADMIKALTY-OFFICE , JANUARY 21 , 1797 . A letter from Sir Edward Peliew , Bart . Captain of his Majesty ' s frigate Indefatigable , to Evan Nepean , Esq . dated January 17 , 1797 , from " which the following are extracts : ' Observing a large ship in the N . W . quarter , steering for France , I instantlymade the signal to the Amazon for a general chace . At four P . M . the Indefatigable had gained sufficiently upon the chace for me to distinguish very clearly that she . had two tier of guns , with her lower deck ports open , and that she had no
poop . ' At fifteen minutes before six we brought the enemy to close action , which " continued to be well supported on both sides near an hour , when we unavoidably shot a-head ; at this moment the Amazon appeared a stern , and gallantly supplied our place ; but the eagerness of Captain Reynolds to second his friend , had brought him up under a press of sail , and , after a well supported and close fire for a little time , he also unavoidably shot a-head . The enemy , who had nearly effected running me on board , appeared to be much larger than the Indefatigable , and , from her very heavy ( ire of musquetry , I believe was full of men ; this fire