$780. MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Head Quarters, Charles Town, South- MY LORD, I Informed your lordship in my laft, that Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwal is was to The troops immediately under his lordfhip's command have preffed fo effectually upon a body of the rebels which remained in the province, that the earl, by detaching his corps of cavalry, and with them the legion infantry, mounted, has completed the deftruction of every thing in arms against us in this province. Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton headed this detachment, whofe celerity, in performing a march of near a hundred miles in two days, was equal to the ardour with which they attacked the enemy. Thefe refusing the terms which were offered them, were charged, and defeated, with the lofs of one hundred and feventy-two killed, and fome taken, together with the remaining field-artillery of the fouthern army, their colours, and baggage. With the greatest pleasure, I further report to your lordship, that the inhabitants, from every quarter, repair to the detachments of the army, and to this garrison, to declare their allegiance to the king, and to offer their fervices, in arms, in support of his overn ment. In many inftances, they have brought prifoners, their former oppreffors or leaders; and I may venture to airt, that there are few men in South-Corolina, who are not either our prifoners, or in arms with us. 348 Total of the Rebel Forces commanded by MajorGeneral Lincoln, at the Surrender of CharlesTorun, May 12, 1785, now Prisoners of War. Two major-generals, 5 brigadier-generals, 3 majors of brigade, 16-colonels, 9 lieutenantcolonels, 21 majors, 145 captains, 162 lieutenants, 41 cornets or enfigns, I pay-mafter 7 adjutants, 6 quarter-malters, 18 furgeons, 6 mates, 329 ferjeants, 137 drummers, 4710 rank and file. The above is a copy of a return figned by Romulus, off Charles-Town Bar. MY LORD, I Have just received from Earl Cornwallis a letter, enclofing a more particular report than had yet been received from LieutenantColonel Tarleton of the affair at Wacfaw. I have the honour to enclofe both, together with a return of the killed and wounded, and of the artillery and other implements you I have the honour to be, &c. K. B. &c. &c. &c. CORNWALLIS I have alfo the fatisfaction to receive correfponding accounts, that the loyalists in the back parts of North-Carolina are arming. His Excellency Sir H. Clintos, dare entertain hopes, that Lord Cornwallis's prefence on that frontier, and perhaps within the province, will call back its inhabitants from their fate of errour and difobedience. If a a proper naval force can be collected, I purpose fending a small expedition into Cape Fear River, to favour the revolution I look for higher in the country. (COPY.) MY LORD, Waclaw, May 30. I Have the honour to inform you, that yesterday, at three o'clock, P. M. after a march of 105 miles in fifty-four hours, with the corps of cavalry, the infantry of the Le I am, with the troops I could take, quit-on mounted on horfes, and a three-pounder, ting the harbour of Charles.Town, on my way to New-York, hoping no foreign armament can yet have reacted the coat, or have been able to attempt any thing in our abfence against that place. Your lordship will receive by Major-Genel Preveft, who fails in a few days, the account from Earl Cornwallis of what fhall have occurred to that time. I have the honour to be, &c. H. CLINTON, at Wacfaw, near the Line, which divides North from South-Carolina, the rebel force, commanded by Colonel Burford, confifting of the 11th Virginia, and detachments of other regiments, from the fame province, with ar tlery and fome cavalry, were brought to action. After the fummons, in which terms fimilar to thofe accepted by Charles Town, were offered, and pofitively rejected, the action commenced in a wood: the attacks were pointed at both flanks; the front and refervė by by 270 cavalry and infantry blended; and, at the fame inftant, all were equally victorious, few of the enemy elcaping, except the commanding officer, by a precipitate flight on horfeback. It is above my ability to fay any thing in commmendation of the bravery and exertion of officers and men. I leave their merit to your lordship's confideration. I have the honour, &c. &c. BAN. TARLETON, Lt. Col. Comm. Br. Legion. Lt. Gen. Earl Cornwalls. Admiralty-Office. July 5, 1780. Extract of a Letter from Admiral Sir Gerge Brydges Rodney. Bart. Commander in Chief of bis Majesty's Ships at the Leeward Ilands, to Mr. Stephens, dated in Carlile Bay, Barbadoes, May 31, 1780, received this Morning from Captain Man, of bis Majefty's Ship the Cerberus, cobo arrived at Falmouth the 2d inflant. SINCE my letter of the 26th of April, from Fort Royal Bay, ient exprefs by the Pegafus, I muft defire you will pleafe to ocquaint their lorathips, that after greatly alarming the land of Martinique, whole inhabitants had been made to believe his majefly's feet had been defeated, but were loon convinced to the contrary, by its appearance before their port, where it continued till the condition of many of the hips under my command, and the lee curter ts, rendered it neceifary for the fleet to anchor in Chocque By, St, Luia, in order to put the wounded and fick men cn fhore, and to water and refit the feet; frigates having been detached both to windward and to leeward of every iland, in order to gain intelligence of the motions of the enemy, and timely notice of their approach towards Martinique, the only place they could refit at in thofe feas. Having landed the wounded and fick men, watered and refitted the fleet, on the 6th of May, upon having received inteligence of the enemy's approach to windward of Marvinique, I put to fea with nineteen fail of the line, two fifty-gun fhips, and feveral trigates. From the 6th to the 10th of May, the fleet continued turning to windward between Martinique and St. Lucia, when we or fight of the French feet, about three leagues to windward of us, Point Saline on Martinique then bearing N. N. E five leagues; Captain Affleck, in the Triumph, joining me the fame day. The enemy's fleet confifted of twentythree fail of the line, feven fligates, two Loops, a cutter, and a lugger. Nothing could induce them to rifque a general .dion, though it was in their power daily; they made at different times motions which incicated a defire of engaging, but their refolution failed them when they drew near; and as they failed far better than his majefty's fleet, they with cafe could gain what dift.nce they pleafed to windward, As they were fenfible of their advantage in failing, it emboldened them to run greater fifques, and approach nearer to his majesty's fhips than they would otherwife have done; and for feveral days, about two o'clock in the afternoon, they bore down in a line of battle abreaft, and brought to the wind a little more than random-fhot diftance. As I watched every opportunity of gaining the wind, and forcing them to battle, the enemy, on my ordering the fleet to make a great deal of fail on the 15th upon a wind, had the vanity to think we were retiring, and with a preis of fail approached us much hearer than ufual. I fuffered them to enjoy the deception, and their van fhip to approach abreaft of my centre, when, by a lucky change of wind, perceiving I could weather the enemy, I made the fignal for the third in command, who then led the van, to tack with his fquadron, and gain the wind of the enemy. The enemy's fleet inftantly wore, and fed with a crowd of fail. His majesty's fleet, by this manovre, had gained the wind, and would have forced the enemy to battle, had it not at once changed fix points when near the enemy, and enabled them to recover that advantage. However, it did not enable them to weather his majefty's Reet fo much, but the van, led by that good and gallant officer Captain Bowyer, about foven in the evening, reached their centre, and was followed by Rear Admiral Rowley's fquadron (who then led the van) the centre and rear of his majefly's fleet fol lowing in order. As the enemy were then under a prefs of fail, none but the van of his majesty's fleet could come in for any part of the action, without wafting his majefly's powder and shot, the enemy wantonly expending a deal of their's at fuch a diftance as to have no effect. The Albion, Capt. Bowyer, and the Conqueror, Rear Admiral Rowley, were the fhips that fuffered moft in this rencontre. But I am fure, from the flackness of their fire, in comparifon to that of the van of his majesty's fiect, the enemy's rear muft have fuffered very confiderably. The enemy kept an aweful distance till the 19th inftant, when I was in hopes that I fhould have weathered them, but had the mortification to be disappointed in those hopes. However, as they were convinced their rear could not escape action, they feemed to have taken a refolution of rifquing a general one; and when their van weathered us, they bore away along our line to wind. ward, and began a heavy canonade, but at fuch a distance as to do little or no execution; however, their rear could not efcape, being clolely attacked by the fhips of the van, then led by Commodore Hotham; and with pleafure I can fay, that the fire of his majesty's fhips was far fuperior to that of the enemy, who must have received great damage by the rencontre. The 1780. MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. The Albion and Conqueror fuffered much in this last action, and feveral other fhips received confiderable damage; a list of which, as likewife of the killed and wounded, I have the honour to enclofe. The pursuit of the enemy had led us forty leagues directly to windward of Martinique; and as the enemy had ftood to the northward with all the fail they could poffibly prefs, and were out of fight the 22d inftant, the condition of his majesty's fhips being fuh as not to allow a longer purfuit, I fent the Conqueror, Cornwall, and Boyne, to St. Lucia, and flood with the remainder of his majesty's fhips towards Barbadoes, in order to put the fick and wounded on fhore, and repair the fquadron. We anchored in Carlisle Bay on the 22d inft, where every dispatch poffible has been u'ed, both night and day, in refitting, watering, and victualling the fleet; and I hope that every thing will be in readiness to proreed to fea to-morrow. in queft of the Spanish fleet, which failed from Cadiz the 28th of last month; intelligence of which has been brought me by the Cerberas, Captain Man, who parted company with them on the 4th inflan", in latitude 31 and a half, fteering W. S. W. The Brilliant and Rattlefnake floop have joined me fince, with the fame intelligence; the latter from Commodore Johnstone. I fhall order them all back again to their fation; but cannot forbear expreffing to their lordships my approbation of the merits of thole officers, who thought it their duty to leave their station, and convey to me with Speed intelligence of fuch great importance. I must defice you will pleafe to acquaint their lordships, that Monf. de Guichen, and the French fleet have got, in a shattered condition, into Martinico, where, their lordfhips may be affured, that I shall keep a watchful eye over them; and I hope I fail have an opportunity of giving a good account of the Spanish fleet, before the French are in a condition to put to fea. A Lift of the Killed and Wounded on the 15th of May, 1780. Vigilant, 3 killed, 10 wounded. Medway, killed, zo wounded. Conqueror, 2 killed, 13 wounded. Albion, 12 killed, 62 wounded. Cornewall, 3 killed, 5 wounded.— Total kilied, 21; wounded, 100. Officer killed. Firft Lieut. William Law, of the CorneG. B. RODNEY. wall. A Lift of the Killed and Wounded on the 19ib of May, 1789. Intrepid, I killed. Suffolk, I killed, 21 wounded. Triumph, 4 killed, 14 wounded. Vigilant, 9 killed, 15 wounded. Medway, 2 killed, if wounded, Vengeance, 3 killed, 16 wounded. Magnificent, 5 killed, 23 wounded. Conqueror, 3 killed, 10 wounded. Albion, 12 killed, 61 wounded. Terrible, killed, 9 wounded. Cornwall, 4 killeo, 3 343 10 wounded. Prefton, 3 wounded.-Totai killed, 47; wounded, 193. Officers killed and wounded. Lieutenant Twycrofs, of the Triumph, wounded. Lieutenant Flight, 87th Regi ment, of the Magnificent, wounded. Capt. Watfon, of the Conqueror, loft his arm, fince dead. Enfign Curry, 5th Regiment, of the Albion, killed. Mr. Paveu, Mafter Licut. Douglas, of the Albion, wounded. of the Cornewall, loft his leg. G. B. RODNEY. Extract of a Letter from John Dalling, Efq. Governor of Jamaica, to the Right Hon. Lord George Germain, one of bis Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, dated King fon, Jamaica, June 2, 1780, and received by the Thynne Packet. I Have the honour to congratulate your lordship on the reduction of the important fort and poft on the river St. John, by a detachment of his majesty's troops under the command of Capt. Polion, of the 60th Regiment. Suffice it to lay, for I fhall not take up your lordship's tinte with an uninterefting tedious detail of trifling matters, that the fort furrondered on the 29th of April, that there were found in it I brefs mortar of five and an half inches, 20 pieces of brafs ordnance mounted, befices fwivels; 10 or 12 iron ditto difmounted, with a proportionable quantity of military stores. Extrait of a Letter from Capt. Polfon to Governor Dalling, dated St. John's Fort, April 30, 1780. I Have the honour to inform your excellency, that this caftle furrendered to his majefly's arms yesterday at five o'clock, P. M. I have also the honour of fending your excellency, by lieutenant Thomas Mounfey, the colours of the fort and of the regiment. When I came to Cape Gracias a Dios, there was not an Indian to be feen; fome vil lains there had taken pains to perfuade them, that the English army had come merely with an intent of enflaving them, and fending them to Jamaica; it was therefore fome time before any of them ventured to come in. I took the opportunity of fending them fmall prefents by one of their people, who had ventured down to make obfervations on our motions. He being acquainted with Mr. Campbell, was undeceived by him, and brought to me, which had the defired effect, as most of the tribes came in very foon after. Your excellency's letter of the 17th of March I received the 20th, juft as I entered the river St. John; I am forry that the many delays I met with at the Cape, and other places between that and the harbour of St. John, from the want of craft, and the backwardness of the Indians in coming out, prevented my operations keeping pace with your excellency's expectations. It was the 3d of March before any black river crafts arprovided; ived, and they were the only ones then provided; it is true the Indian governor promifed a great many, but when I came to his country there was not one ready, and we got them at laft with a great deal of difficulty. The fuperintendant was entirely deceived by the Indians in the number of crafts and men, and fill more fo in point of time. Capt. Nelfon, then of the Hinchinbrooke, came up with 34 leamen, one ferjeant, and 12 marines. As Capt. Nelfon goes to J maica, he can inform you of every delay and point of fervice as well as I could, for he knows my very thoughts. The bearer Lieutenant Moufey can inform your excellency of many things that may efcape my memory: he is a very good officer, and commanded the party I fent to reconnoitre the lock-out, and began the attack of it in concert with Capt. Deipard and Capt. Nelfon, who with his feamen voluntiered that day. Admiralty Office, July, 18, 1780. Extract of a Letter from Admiral Geary, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of his Majefty's Ships employed to the Weftward, to Mr. Stephens, dated at Sea the 5th infi. MONDAY the 3d inft, the Monarch, being a-head on the look-out, at ten A. M. made the fignal for feeing a fleet of 25 fail; which judging to be a fquadron of the enemy's fhips of war, and that no time might be loft, I immediately ordered a general chafe, which was continued all that day. At five P. M. the Monarch made the fignal to denote that the had paffed the fternmost of the enemy's fhips without fecuring them, as foon afterwards did the Foudroyant, and fome others of the head-most ships; and at the fame time we could plainly difcover from the Victory's maft-head, that they were nearly up with the reft of the enemy's fhips. Seon after feven, a thick fog unfortunately came on, and I fhortened fail, in order to clofe with the ships nearest me, fteering the same courfe under an eafy fail until daylight the morning after. 1 with pleafore acquaint their lordships, that all the fhips have fince rejoined me, except the Monarch and Defence, which I am informed were left in chafe of the enemy's fhip of war, under whole protection the convoy had failed, The feet which we chaled proves to be a convoy from Port au Prince, of between 25 and 30 fail, under convoy of the Fier of so guns, and a large fhip armé en flute, of which the vefiels named in the enciofed have been captured; and had it not been for the fudden coming on of the fog at the hour I have mentioned, it is my opinion that every ship of them would have been taken. A Lift of Prizes taken the 4th of July, 1780, by the Squadren under the Command of Admiral Geary, bound from Port au Prince to Bourdeaux and other Ports of France. Brig Le Jeun François, by the Monarch. Ship Le Comte D'Estaing, by ditto. Ship Le Hazard, by the Proferpine. Pulacre Eleonor by the Ambu cade. Ship Maria Terefa, by the Diana. Ship Count D'Argout, by the Canada. Ship Courier, by the Royal George, Polacre Cofmopolite, by the Queen. Snow Voyageur, by the Foudr yant. Ship St. Bartholemew, by the Prince George. Ship (name unknown) by the Defence. Polacre La Solitaire, by the Alfred. The above veffels are chiefly laden with fugar, coffee, and indive. FRAN. GEARY. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS то CORRESPONDENT THE Count de Poland will be found in our Review for Auguft. S. The Reflections on General Thanksgiving are very juft, and shall he inferted in our next. The vindication of a late eminent writer annexed to them, we shall beg leave to derach, unless the Editor is favoured in time with a further explanation. If be recolu Ets rightly, it was not an omiffion, but a pofitive affertion that gave umbrage. There is lik wife a paflage in the letter of our ingenious correfpondent, this apology, not clearly underfteed; Isit bis vindication of Dr. H. or the Defter's? if the latter, where is it to be found? On the subcle, ave u foto de line this part of the subject, that we may not be led into controversy, which we have hitherto carefull, avoided. The elegant tranflation of Bishop Lewth's epitaph on bis daughter will likewise oppear in our Poetical department. The verfes fent by a literary offspring of the celebrated Rorolie shall be inserted. We are much obliged to every correspondent who furnishes bints, but it is not always in our porver to adopt them; we cannot spare room for the lifts recommended under the fignature Hint. Cincinnatus quill be pleased to thfe vi, that the plan be recommends has been partly executed, and is nearly completed. Maps of the counties of England and Wales, with their proper descriptions, will be found in the volumes of our Magazine, from the year 1749 to 1756, and in Vol. XXXII, for 1763, p. 236, be will find a general lift of them, with references to the refpective volumes in which they are given also a general map of the roads through England and Wales. In the fame volume, Maps of the counties of Scotland were commenced, which have fince beer continued orcafionally, and are almost finished. A general map of Scotland was given in Vol. XXXIII, for the year 3764, and in the two following volumes, the maps and descriptions of the counties. The fubject of the Paftoral Ejay, by Eumenes, is of too old a date to supercede our engagements to eber poetical correfpondents. Having fuffi iendly recommended Emma Corbet to our readers, we cannot possibly admit the verses on that fubject. The queries of Theronjun, are better calculated for bis own private amusement than for our Magazine, Debates in the House of Commons 373 ibid. Vauxhall Songs ibid. ibid. 381 ibid. 382 383 ibid. ibid. 384 ibid. MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER 385 With the following Embellishment, viz. An elegant Engraving of LORD LOUGHBOROUGH, AND A fine View of GLOCESTER LODGE in Windfor Great Park, from an original Drawing. LONDON, printed for R. BALDWIN, at No. 47, in Pater-nofter-Row. Of whom may be had complete Sets, from the Year 1732 to the prefent Time, ready bouad and stitched, or any fingle Volume to complete Sets. |