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XVIII. The inhabitants who fhall have any English foldiers or failors in their houfes, fhall be obliged to give information of them in the space of four days, under the penalty of 100 half joannes. At Tobago, June 2. 1781.

Le Marquis de Bouillé.
Geo. Ferguson.

Le Comte de Graffe.

H. F. R. Stanhope.

Note 217.

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Note 216.

This was the 250,000l. which should have been fent to North America, with Rear-Admiral Hood: It arofe from the fales at St. Euftatia, and was not taken from the Dutch inhabitants.

Lift of the Fleet under the command of Sir Peter
Parker at Jamaica.

Guns.

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This Squadron was joined by the following fhips this year, from the

Leeward Islands and North America.

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Commanders.

Thomas Graves, Efq. R.-Ad.

of the Red.

Capt. Ja. Kempthorne.

Sir Thomas Rich, Bart.
Honourable T. Windfor.

came home with the trade.

Note 218. Forces in North America, under General Sir Hen.

Clinton.

Grenadiers 1000, Light Infantry 1000, the 22d, 37th, 38th, 42d, 43d, 54th, 57th, and 76th regiments: Provincials, one battalion, De Lancey; two battalions of Skinner: Heffians, if complete, about gcoo: two battalions of Anfpach; Yagers and Chaffeurs, 300.

Under Major-General Leftie.

Guards, two battalions, under Brigadier Generals O'Hara, and Howard,

700

17th, remains of, with drafts from Provincial corps, under Col. Watfon of the guards,

300

82d, Hamilton regiment, detachment from, under Major Craig,

300

84th, Highland Emigrants, detachment from, under Major

Small,

Two regiments of Heffians,

Yagers, and Anspach Chaffeurs,

200 800

200

Fanning's Provincial corps,

250

Under

Under Brigadier-General Arnold.

8oth, or Edinburgh Regiment, under Lt.-Col. Dundas,
Queen's Rangers, horfe and foot, under Lt.-Col. Simcoe,
Col. Beverly Robinson's provincials, under his fon, Lt.-Col.
Arnold's own corps,

600 600

250 200

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Under Lieut.-General Earl Cornwallis, in Carolina and Georgia. The 7th, 23d, 33d, part of the 60th, 63d, 64th, and 71ft regi ments, befides fome regiments of Heffians.

Provincial Corps.

Lieut.-Colonel Tarleton's Legion.

Volunteers of Ireland, under Lord Rawdon.
New-York Volunteers, Lt-Colonel Turnbull.
Col. Montfort Browne's Corps.

South Carolina Royalifts, Col. Innes.

Two battalions of De Lancey's.

Lieut.-Col. Brown's Florida Rangers.

Note 219. Lift of his Majesty's Fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot, Efq. in North America.

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Prize Ships, or Ships purchased and commissioned, on this Station."

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Note 220.
Lift of the Loffes fuftained by the Rebels, by the
detachments under Brigadier General Arnold, and Lieut.-
Colonel Simcoe, at Weftham and Richmond, ̧ in Virginia,
Jan. 5. 1781.

Brought off-Five brafs 6-pounders, French.

Spiked and left-Three 32-pounders, eight 18-pounders, two 12pounders, three 9-pounders, one 6-pounder, fix 4-pounders.

Burnt and deftroyed at Richmond-Twenty-one garrifon carriages, 2,200 fmall arms, 4000 French musket locks, 50 bolts of canvas, 10 cwt. cordage, and 3 cwt. hemp.

Shot thrown into the river-Round fhot, 8500, grape shot, one pounders, 20,000, eight inch bells 31, eight inch fuzes undrove,

2621.

At Weftham Spiked and broke off the trunnions of 24 fix pounders and four 4 pounders iron.

Stores deftroyed-Cartridge boxes and bayonets, 1800; barrels of powder, 330; hogfheads of brimftone, 19; chefts of mufket cartridges, 19; chefts of flints 3; chefts of 6-pounder cartridges, 11; a foundery for cafting iron cannon; a magazine mill, &c.

Taken and brought off from Hood's Ferry.-One 8 inch brafs howitzer, with carriage complete, and 42 empty fhells; 1.32-pounder, and two 18-pounders, iron.

Deftroyed-All the public ftores, houses, magazines of oats, &c. with the armouries, and workshops: a great number of other military ftores, which could not be taken account of, and a large rope-walk with a quantity of cordage and fails in it.

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