another gun of the ſame metal point blank on one of the frigates, to which it would, doubtleſs, have done conſiderable damage; but juſt as the match was going to be put to the touch-hole, the Marquis, with the Lieutenant-governor, came running into the fort, and begged them to deſiſt; at the ſame time, hailing the frigates from the ramparts, acquainted their Commanders with the ſurrender of the place.
Matters being thus accommodated, the two Commanders in Chief returned to the Government-houſe, where the Articles of Capitulation being ready, were, by both of them, duly ſigned and concluded. This being done, the Marquis returned to his troops; and ſoon after marched them into Roſeau, thereby taking poſſeſſion of the country for his moſt Chriſtian Majeſty.
