were greatly retarded when they endeavoured to attack Roſeau, and upwards of forty of them were killed.
About noon the ſame morning, the whole of the enemy were landed, and puſhed on their march for the town; when, having taken poſſeſſion of the fort at Loubiere, which is adjoining thereto, they made ſeveral attempts to enter Roſeau, but were as often driven back, by the very heavy firing then kept up from all the batteries.
Three times they were driven out of the fort at Loubiere, and twice when their colours were hoiſted therein, the flag-ſtaves were ſhattered to pieces by the balls from Melville's battery: their Commiſſary-general was killed there, and the Marquis de Bouillé very narrowly eſcaped ſharing the ſame fate, by the pieces of the fiag-ſtaves, which tore away the couteau from his ſide.
