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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE . FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
WHITEHALL , MAY 2 " , 1797 . THE King has been pleased to grant the dignities of Baron and Earl of the kingdom of Great Britain to Sir John Jervis , K . B . Admiral of the Blue , and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten , by the name , style , and tile of Baron Jervis , of Medford , in the county of Stafford , and Earl of St Vincent . The King has also been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain to the following Gentlemen , and the respective heirs male
of their bodies lawfully begotten , viz . Charles Thompson , Esq . Vice Admiral of the Blue , and . William Parker , Esq . Rear Admiral of the Red . The King has also been pleased tonominate and appoint Horatio Nelson , Esq , Rear Admiral of the Blue , to be one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Bath . DOWNING-STREET , JULY I . The King having been pleased to appoint the Riht Hon . Lord Malmesbury
g , Knighi of the Bath , to be his Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary for negociating and concluding a Treaty of Peace with the Plenipotentiaries of the French Republic , duly authorized for that purpose , his Lordship set out yesterday for Lisle , where the Negociations are to be forthwith opened . His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Hon . Henry Wesley to be Secretary to the above mission .
PAnLIAMENT-STRSJET , JULY , 13 , 1797 . A dispatch , of which the following is an extract , has been received by the Right Hon . Henry Dundas , one of his Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State , from Lieutenant Colonel Simcoe , commaniimg his Majesty ' s troops in the Island of St . Domingo , dated Port-au-Prince , May 8 , ITJJ . ' In my letter of the 13 th of April I have done myself the honour of informing you , that the army of the enemy under Toussaint , after the unexpected
evacuation of Mirebelais , had possessed itself of Grand Bois , while the division of their forces on the side of Leogane continued to fire with cannon against Grenier . ' The preservation of these posts was an object of considerable moment . Every method was taken , in case of their loss , to guard the mountain , and-to dis ? . pute the ground on which the enemy could place their howitzers for the destruction of Port-au-Prince , the object which was supposed to he in their contemplation ; but as it was evident that the army of Toussaint could not be prevented from crossing the Plain , and , under this impression , the Baron Montalembert
had obtained my permission to evacuate the post of Thomazeau , at the foot of the Mountains of Grand Bois , i determined to take the guns in the battery against Grenier , that , in case the armies of Toussaint and Leogane should join , they might be totally . yithout cannon , which could not well be brought across the plain of the Cui de Sac , and without cannon or separation of their armies was equally indifferent . Colonel Dessources was therefore placed at the head of 2000 troops , and such preparatory arrangements were made as provided for the protection of L'Arcahayeand were well calculated to mislead the enemy
, ; and such feints were directed as might distract their attention . ' The attack was intended to have taken place on the 15 th of April ; hut the wind did not permit the arrival of Colonel Dessources with his regiment until the 26 th , when he marched early in the morning from Port-au-Prince to Tourmier . The enemy , as was their custom , placed some troops in ambuscade , who were soon dispersed , and the King ' s forces arrived at Tourmier with little loss . The enemy had occupied two posts on the crest of the mountain LTIospitre , on each
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE . FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
WHITEHALL , MAY 2 " , 1797 . THE King has been pleased to grant the dignities of Baron and Earl of the kingdom of Great Britain to Sir John Jervis , K . B . Admiral of the Blue , and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten , by the name , style , and tile of Baron Jervis , of Medford , in the county of Stafford , and Earl of St Vincent . The King has also been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain to the following Gentlemen , and the respective heirs male
of their bodies lawfully begotten , viz . Charles Thompson , Esq . Vice Admiral of the Blue , and . William Parker , Esq . Rear Admiral of the Red . The King has also been pleased tonominate and appoint Horatio Nelson , Esq , Rear Admiral of the Blue , to be one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Bath . DOWNING-STREET , JULY I . The King having been pleased to appoint the Riht Hon . Lord Malmesbury
g , Knighi of the Bath , to be his Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary for negociating and concluding a Treaty of Peace with the Plenipotentiaries of the French Republic , duly authorized for that purpose , his Lordship set out yesterday for Lisle , where the Negociations are to be forthwith opened . His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Hon . Henry Wesley to be Secretary to the above mission .
PAnLIAMENT-STRSJET , JULY , 13 , 1797 . A dispatch , of which the following is an extract , has been received by the Right Hon . Henry Dundas , one of his Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State , from Lieutenant Colonel Simcoe , commaniimg his Majesty ' s troops in the Island of St . Domingo , dated Port-au-Prince , May 8 , ITJJ . ' In my letter of the 13 th of April I have done myself the honour of informing you , that the army of the enemy under Toussaint , after the unexpected
evacuation of Mirebelais , had possessed itself of Grand Bois , while the division of their forces on the side of Leogane continued to fire with cannon against Grenier . ' The preservation of these posts was an object of considerable moment . Every method was taken , in case of their loss , to guard the mountain , and-to dis ? . pute the ground on which the enemy could place their howitzers for the destruction of Port-au-Prince , the object which was supposed to he in their contemplation ; but as it was evident that the army of Toussaint could not be prevented from crossing the Plain , and , under this impression , the Baron Montalembert
had obtained my permission to evacuate the post of Thomazeau , at the foot of the Mountains of Grand Bois , i determined to take the guns in the battery against Grenier , that , in case the armies of Toussaint and Leogane should join , they might be totally . yithout cannon , which could not well be brought across the plain of the Cui de Sac , and without cannon or separation of their armies was equally indifferent . Colonel Dessources was therefore placed at the head of 2000 troops , and such preparatory arrangements were made as provided for the protection of L'Arcahayeand were well calculated to mislead the enemy
, ; and such feints were directed as might distract their attention . ' The attack was intended to have taken place on the 15 th of April ; hut the wind did not permit the arrival of Colonel Dessources with his regiment until the 26 th , when he marched early in the morning from Port-au-Prince to Tourmier . The enemy , as was their custom , placed some troops in ambuscade , who were soon dispersed , and the King ' s forces arrived at Tourmier with little loss . The enemy had occupied two posts on the crest of the mountain LTIospitre , on each