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RAG.780.178
17 Oct 1780:21,22,23 (314)
London, July 8. From the London Gazette. Westminster, July
8.
Extract of a letter from Captain Polson to Governor Dalling,
dated St. John's Fort, August 30, 1780
. . . [Report of attack and surrender of St. John's, and
Articles of Capitulation]
Answer of Colonel John Polson, Commander in Chief of his
Britannic Majesty's forces before St. John, to the proposals
of Capitulation made by Don Juan de Ayssa, Governor thereof
for his Catholic Majesty, April 29, 1780. . .
Article II. The garrison shall march out with colours
flying, each man with a ball in his mouth, lighted matches,
drums beating, . . .
Answer. . . the garrison shall be allowed to march out,
colours flying, drums beating, lighted matches, . . .
List of prisoners taken in the Castle of St. John's, April
29, 1780.
1 Captain and Governor, . . . 3 Serjeants, 3 Drummers, 9
Corporals, . . . [signed] John Polson, Colonel, Commanding
at the Castle of St. John's.
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