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PP-P.782.033
19 Mar 1782:23, 31 (11/860)
Capitulation of the islands of St. Christopher and Nevis,
between his excellency the Count de Grasse, Commander of his
most christian majesty's naval forces, and his excellency
the Marquis de Bouille, Governor General French Windward
Islands in America; and his excellency Thomas Shirley, a
Major General in his Britannic majesty's army and Governor
of the islands of St. Christophers and Nevis, and Thomas
Fraser, Esq; Brigadier General, Commanding the troops on
Brimstone-Hill.
Art. I. The governor, the commander of the troops, the
regular officers and privates of militia, shall march thro'
the breach on the fort of Brimstone-Hill with all the
honours of war: with drums beating, colours flying, one
mortar, two brass field pieces, ten rounds each, arms and
baggage, and then lay down their arms at a place appointed,
officers excepted.
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