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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
FARI . IAMENT-STI 1 EET , AUGUST , 4 , I 797 . EXTRACT of a letter from Brig . Gen . Geo . Churchill to Lieut . Col . Simcoe , dated at Jeremie , April 30 , 1797 . ' The Republican General Rigaud , thinking the moment favourable to make a second attempt on Irois , collected his very best troops , to the amount of 1200 men : on the night of the 20 th of April , at twelve o ' clock , they attempted to storm the fort , in which was only at the time five and twenty ofthe 17 th infantry , with their officers , commanded by Lieutenant Talbot of the Szd regiment , and The attack
about twenty Colonial artillery-men , commanded by Captain Brueil . , was one ofthe most formidable and determined I ever heard of , they returning to the charge three several times with such increased vigour , that many of . them were killed in the fort ; but , to the immortal honour of its brave defenders , they were repulsed with equal courage and intrepidity , which gave time to Colonel Dagress , with 350 men of Prince Edward ' s Black Chasseurs , to gain the fort from the Bourg below , from whence , indeed , they were obliged to cut their way ' . This reinforcement saved the place .. They retired to a higher ground , where interior
they continued til ) the 22 d instant , when they made an incursion into the of our cordon , took and burnt the Bourg Dance Marie , and made an attack upon the fort of L'Isler , from whence they were driven with great loss . In the mean time they were making every disposition for a regular siege of Irois , Vvhen , fortunately , the Magicienne frigate attacked their small fleet in the B 2 y des Carcasses , sunk three of their barges , and took two schooners , all loaded with cannon and military stores for the siege . The loss in their various attacks is generally estimated at IOOO men , it cannot be less than 800 . Our loss was trifling indeed , consisting only of three privates killed ; but I have to lament Lieutenant Talbot of the S 2 d regiment , an officer of the most extraordinary bravery and good conduct ;'
and Lieutenant Colville of the Black Chasseurs , the only persons wounded , and since dead . ' Extract of a letter from Lieut . Col . Simcoe to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas , dated Port-au-Prince , June 20 , 1797 . —• ' On various considerations of great military importance , I determined to repossess myself of the posi of Mirebalais : in consequence I collected the forces , and calling Brigadier-Generai Churchill from the Grand Anse , gave him the command , with directions to execute a plan that Colonel La Pointe had ably digested . I have to regret , that ,
from some delay of the columns , they did not move with that exactitude and concert I had hoped , by which circumstance a considerable object of the expedition failed of success ; for it was my intention to accord the protection of his Majesty ' s arms , in the best manner possible , to the inhabitants of these districts , by directing the troops , in their different routes , to march with a secrecy and rapidity that might ensure on all sides the snrprisal of the enemy , compel them to a hasty retreat , and , driving them before them , might prevent their having an opportunity of burning the plantations , as had recently happened at Jeremie , or from
carrying off the Negroes and property beyond the Artibonite , at this time so swollen by the rainy season , as to render any passage over it difficult and precarious . The greater part of the army , assembled under the command of Brig . Geri . Churchill , by forced marches , proceeded to the assistance of St . Marc , assisted by a considerable detachment by sea from the plain of the Cul de Sac . At the same time Colonel the Count de Rouvray , with a detachment of 300 men , was detached to strike at a camp ofthe Brigands in ihe mountains on the side of Leogane . He effectually burned the camp , and beat the enemy from their several posts , killing between 40 and 50 ; and he returned to Grenier with the loss of two men killed and seven wounded . The enemy having attacked and carried some of the out-
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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
FARI . IAMENT-STI 1 EET , AUGUST , 4 , I 797 . EXTRACT of a letter from Brig . Gen . Geo . Churchill to Lieut . Col . Simcoe , dated at Jeremie , April 30 , 1797 . ' The Republican General Rigaud , thinking the moment favourable to make a second attempt on Irois , collected his very best troops , to the amount of 1200 men : on the night of the 20 th of April , at twelve o ' clock , they attempted to storm the fort , in which was only at the time five and twenty ofthe 17 th infantry , with their officers , commanded by Lieutenant Talbot of the Szd regiment , and The attack
about twenty Colonial artillery-men , commanded by Captain Brueil . , was one ofthe most formidable and determined I ever heard of , they returning to the charge three several times with such increased vigour , that many of . them were killed in the fort ; but , to the immortal honour of its brave defenders , they were repulsed with equal courage and intrepidity , which gave time to Colonel Dagress , with 350 men of Prince Edward ' s Black Chasseurs , to gain the fort from the Bourg below , from whence , indeed , they were obliged to cut their way ' . This reinforcement saved the place .. They retired to a higher ground , where interior
they continued til ) the 22 d instant , when they made an incursion into the of our cordon , took and burnt the Bourg Dance Marie , and made an attack upon the fort of L'Isler , from whence they were driven with great loss . In the mean time they were making every disposition for a regular siege of Irois , Vvhen , fortunately , the Magicienne frigate attacked their small fleet in the B 2 y des Carcasses , sunk three of their barges , and took two schooners , all loaded with cannon and military stores for the siege . The loss in their various attacks is generally estimated at IOOO men , it cannot be less than 800 . Our loss was trifling indeed , consisting only of three privates killed ; but I have to lament Lieutenant Talbot of the S 2 d regiment , an officer of the most extraordinary bravery and good conduct ;'
and Lieutenant Colville of the Black Chasseurs , the only persons wounded , and since dead . ' Extract of a letter from Lieut . Col . Simcoe to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas , dated Port-au-Prince , June 20 , 1797 . —• ' On various considerations of great military importance , I determined to repossess myself of the posi of Mirebalais : in consequence I collected the forces , and calling Brigadier-Generai Churchill from the Grand Anse , gave him the command , with directions to execute a plan that Colonel La Pointe had ably digested . I have to regret , that ,
from some delay of the columns , they did not move with that exactitude and concert I had hoped , by which circumstance a considerable object of the expedition failed of success ; for it was my intention to accord the protection of his Majesty ' s arms , in the best manner possible , to the inhabitants of these districts , by directing the troops , in their different routes , to march with a secrecy and rapidity that might ensure on all sides the snrprisal of the enemy , compel them to a hasty retreat , and , driving them before them , might prevent their having an opportunity of burning the plantations , as had recently happened at Jeremie , or from
carrying off the Negroes and property beyond the Artibonite , at this time so swollen by the rainy season , as to render any passage over it difficult and precarious . The greater part of the army , assembled under the command of Brig . Geri . Churchill , by forced marches , proceeded to the assistance of St . Marc , assisted by a considerable detachment by sea from the plain of the Cul de Sac . At the same time Colonel the Count de Rouvray , with a detachment of 300 men , was detached to strike at a camp ofthe Brigands in ihe mountains on the side of Leogane . He effectually burned the camp , and beat the enemy from their several posts , killing between 40 and 50 ; and he returned to Grenier with the loss of two men killed and seven wounded . The enemy having attacked and carried some of the out-