Index Entry | Chamade [t], beat by drums in Newfoundland, for surrender terms |
Location | Newfoundland |
Citation | BG.762.034 18 Oct 1762:21,22,23 (394) Last Friday evening the province ship King George, Capt. Hallowell, arrived here from Newfoundland, with the agreeable news of the retaking of St. John's, by Col. Amherst, on the 18th of September last. . . [col.2.:] 18th when an officer with two drums came out of the fort beating the chamade, and about noon the garrison surrendered themselves prisoners of war:-- |
Generic Title | Boston Gazette |
Date | 1762.10.18 |
Publisher | Edes and Gill |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1762 |
Bibliography | B0005854 |