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A.

ABERCROMBIE, General, wounded in the attack made
by the enemy at Nimeguen, 348.

L'Acul, Post of, St. Domingo, taken by storm, 107; particu-
lars respecting the storming of, ibid.; return of killed and
wounded at the attack of, 108; return of ordnance and
stores found at, 109.

Alost, enemy repulsed at, 244; return of British killed and
wounded at, 245.

André, St., Fort of, French repulsed by the Dutch at, 360.
Arlon seized by the French, who make an inroad into Lux-
embourg with forty thousand men, 198.

Armies, Combined, their successes in Flanders, 148.

Arsenal at Toulon, and ten French ships of the line, burnt by
Sir Sydney Smith, 8.

Atalante, La, (French frigate), captured by Captain Boyles,

185.

Audacious, His Majesty's ship, engages La Revolutionnaire,

200.

Austrians repulse the French in their attack of Aelbecke, 40.

B.

Babet, La, (French frigate), captured by Sir John Warren,
140; list of killed and wounded on board of, 143.
Balaguier, Fort, Toulon, taken by the French, 1.

1794,

2Z

Bastia,

Bastia, Corsica, progress of the siege of, 195; surrenders by
capitulation to Admiral Lord Hood, 205; articles of capitu-
lation for, 209; return of killed and wounded in the attack
of, 215.

Beaulieu, General Baron de, defeats a large body of French
in the Duchy of Bouillon, 196.

Bellegarde, Chief of the mulattoes in Martinico, surrenders to
Sir Charles Grey, 99.

Bengal, Government of, issue orders for the taking of Chander-
nagore, &c. and which are effected without resistance, 28.
all the French Settlements in, and on the two Coasts
of, surrendered to the English, 32.

Berville, Post of, Guadaloupe, attacked and carried by the
French, 355; articles of capitulation of, granted by the
enemy, 356; British forces killed and wounded at, 357.
Bizotton, Fort, St. Domingo, taken by General Whyte, 247;
particulars respecting the taking of, ibid.; return of British
killed and wounded in the attack of, 250.

Bombay, Government of, issue orders for the reducing the
Fort of Mahé, and for the taking possession of the French
Factory at Surat, which are effected without resistance, 29.
Bouillon, Town of, given up to be pillaged, the inhabitants
having fired on the Austrians, 196.

Bourbon, Fort, Martinico, taken, and name changed to Fort
George, 112; articles of capitulation for, 134; return of
ordnance and stores in, 122.

Boxtel, out-post of His Royal Highness the Duke of York at,
forced by the French, 340; return of killed and wounded in
the defence of, 342.

Boyles, Captain, captures l'Atalante, French frigate, 185.
Brathwaite, Colonel, takes Pondicherry, 30; his correspon-
dence with M. de Chermont, Governor of Pondicherry, 33;
his general orders to the British army, 37; his letter to
Marquess Cornwallis, containing accounts of the proceed-
ings of the army before Pondicherry, 43.

Brunswick, Duke of, attacked by the enemy at Bergzabern in
great force, but who are completely routed by Prince Hohen-
loe, 4; takes a position before Mayence, ibid.

C.

Calvi, in Corsica, surrenders to General Stuart, 323; articles
of capitulation there, 324; return of killed and wounded in
the expedition against, 328; return of ordnance, &c. found
in the garrison of, 330; return of ships and vessels taken in
the harbour of, 332; account of naval operations there, 335.
Castor, Le, (French frigate), captured by Captain Laforey,

216.

Cateau,

Chapuy, General, taken prisoner in the affair at Cateau, 148.
Charleroi, taken by the French, 240; particulars of the action
in an attempt to relieve that place, 243.

Chermont, M. de, his correspondence with Colonel Brath-
waite respecting the capitulation of Pondicherry, 33.

Clairfait, General, driven by the French from his post at
Moucron, 154; attacked by the enemy near Courtrai, and
sustains a very considerable loss, 167; forced by the enemy
to evacuate Oudenarde, and retires in some confusion to
Ghent, 233.

Coblentz taken by the French, 349.

Cobourg, Prince, attacks the French posts at Gosselies, Fleu-
rus, &c. but driven back with considerable loss, 240.
Collieure, Town of, given up at discretion to the Spanish
force, 38.

Collot, General, surrenders Guadaloupe and its dependencies
by capitulation to General Sir Charles Grey, 179.

Cornwallis, Marquess, leaves Fort William with design to assist
at the siege of Pondicherry, but which surrenders to Colonel
Brathwaite before his arrival, 41.

Corsica, French driven from many strong places there, 65;
united to the Crown of Great Britain, 262; proceedings of
General Assembly in consequence thereof, and for settling
the future Government of the Island by administering the
customary oaths, 263; address of the General Council of the
Provisional Government of, to the Municipal Officers, &c.
on the necessity of the assembling of the several Communi-
ties of the Island for the purposes named above, 273; form
of the election of the Presidents of the Communities of,
named for assisting at the General Council, 276; new Con-
stitutional Act for, 277; nature of the Constitution and
Constituted Powers, ibid; vested in King and Parliament,
278; mode of elections, and functions of Parliament, ibid;
duration and convocation of Parliament, 279; mode of
deliberation, debate, and internal regulations of Parliament,
280; exercise of the executive power, 281; judicial pro-
ceedings, and the tribunals, 283; the extraordinary tribunal,
284; personal liberty, and liberty of the press, ibid.; Cor-
sican flag and navigation, 285; established religion, ibid. ;
the Crown and its Succession, 286; acceptance of the
Crown, and articles respecting it, ibid.; presentation of the

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Constitutional Act to Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart. 287; accept-
ance of the act by Sir Gilbert Elliot in His Majesty's name,
287; oath taken by Sir Gilbert Elliot, in His Majesty's
name, to maintain the liberties of the country, 288; oath of
allegiance of the people of, ibid.; expulsion of the French
from that Island, by the capture of Calvi, 323.

Courtray taken by the French, 157.

Cuesta, General, takes Fort St. Elmo from the French, 38.

D.

Domingo, St., the Parishes of Leogane, Arcahaye, and Jean de
Rabel, in that Island, surrendered to His Majesty, 84.
Drummond, Colonel, obliged to retire from Fort Fleur d'Epée,
by reason of the pusillanimous behaviour of the royalists
there, who had put themselves in force, but fied at the ap-
proach of the French, 299.

Dundas, General, his account of the abandonment of Toulon,
20; takes possession of St. Fiorenzo, in Corsica, and also
of the Towns of Mortella and Forneli, 65; his letter con-
taining particulars respecting the taking and reducing of
those places, 74.

E.

Edward, His Royal Highness Prince, takes possession of Fort
Bourbon, in Martinico, 110; of Morne Fortunée, St. Lucia,
162; and Fort St. Charles, in Guadaloupe, changing its
name to Matilda, 179.
Elliot, Right Honourable Sir Gilbert, Bart., his account of
the uniting of Corsica to the Crown of Great Britain, toge-
ther with the proceedings of the Assembly of that Island in
consequence thereof, 262; address of, to General Paoli,
(jointly with Lord Hood), declarative of His Majesty's rea-
diness to give assistance, by means both of His naval and
military forces in the Mediterranean, for expelling the
French from the Island of Corsica, 271; is presented with
the Constitutional Act of the Corsicans, 287; accepts it
in His Majesty's name, ibid.; oath taken by, to support the
liberty of the Corsicans, 288; proposes and receives the
constitutional oath of the people, ibid.; his speech to the
General Assembly of Corsica on the acceptation of the Crown
and Constitution of that Island, ibid.

Elmo, St., Fort of, surrenders to General Cuesta, 38.
L'Engageante, (French frigate), captured by Sir Richard
Strachan, 140.

F.

F.

Fiorenzo, St., retreat of the French from, 65; Lord Hood
takes possession of the Port of, ibid.; return of ordnance
and stores taken at, 80; return of British killed and wounded
in the attack at, 83.

Fleur d'Epée, Fort, (now Fort Prince of Wales), Guadaloupe,
taken by storm by the forces under General Sir Charles
Grey, 171; return of British killed and wounded in the
attack of, 183; list of killed, wounded, and prisoners of
the enemy at, 173; retaken by the French, 293.

Ford, Commodore, sends a flag of truce to the Commander of
Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, offering terms of capitulation
for the place, both which are refused, 86; in consequence of
this refusal, establishes a complete blockade there, ibid.;
further account of proceedings of the fleet before Port-au-
Prince, and of the taking of that place, 255.

Fortitude, His Majesty's ship, receives great damage in the
attack of the Tower of Mortello, 70.

French defeated at Roussillon by the Spaniards and Portu-
guese, 3; gain possession of Fort Balaguier (Toulon),
ibid.; command the Town of Toulon by their shot and
shells, so that the English are obliged to evacuate the
place, 7; defeated near Perpignan by General Hurri-
garay, 39; repulsed by the Austrians in their attack of
the Post of Aelbecke, 40; surrender the Tower and Gar-
rison of Mortella in Corsica, 65; retreat from St. Fiorenzo,
ibid.; attack the Prince of Cobourg near Cateau, but are
beat back with the loss of five hundred men, 90; sur-
prise the Hessian posts at Tenbreuil, and cut off the
piquets, but are soon driven back, 91; attack the Prince
of Cobourg's army, under General Bellegarde, at Grand
Blocus, but are repulsed with great loss, 139; attack
General Wurmb at Denaing, but repulsed with loss, ibid.;
make two sorties from Landrecies, but are driven back with
great loss, 146; repulsed in their attack of the Duke of
York at Cateau, and of General Count Kingsky at Pris-
ches, with a great loss of men, and fifty-seven pieces of
cannon, 148; take the Post of Moucron, 154; repulsed
I with loss of two hundred men at Rousselaer, 158; defeated
by the Duke of York at Tournay, 159; attack General
Clairfait near Coutrai, with success, 167; in their
attack of General Kaunitz, are repulsed with the loss of
five thousand men, 176; repulsed in their attempt to
invest Tournay with the loss of nearly twelve thousand
men, 194; defeated by General Beaulieu in the Duchy of

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