One obſervation is due to the ſpirited behaviour of the Britiſh Commander while at point Michael; he cauſed it to be well fortified and guarded, for fear of the worſt, and every day hoiſted the Engliſh flag. This being a moſt hateful fight to the French, their Commander repeatedly ſent orders to have the Engliſh colours taken down, which the other as peremptorily refuſed; alledging, that this country was his maſter's, whoſe flag he would defend to the laſt moment of his life; and that if the French Governor would have it down, he muſt enforce his commands with the muzzles of his guns.
From this time, till the evacuation of Dominica, the French were buſily employed in demoliſhing the fortifications they had built, and doing all the damage they could to thoſe that were there before their invaſion, ſeveral of which they blew up with gunpowder.
