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CJ-NH.783.022
12 Jun 1783:21 (815)
Extract of a genuine letter from an officer at Guernsey,
dated March 24, 1783. A most daring mutiny broke out in the
104th Regiment, quartered in Fort George, in this island,
all Irish. . . [10 lines describing mutiny and resistance
provided by 18th regiment] About twelve o'clock at night,
sent a serjeant, with the drum-major, to summon them to
surrender; the moment the drum began to beat a parley they
fired upon them. . . [12 more lines describing attempts at
arranging terms] . . . after two or three parlies, and some
shot fired on both sides, they submitted. . . [4 more lines
describing disposition of mutineers]
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