Between one and two o'clock, a company of the Train of Artillery took poſſeſſion of the principal fort in Roſeau, marching in, while the French troops marched out; and proceeded to the water-ſide, where their boats being ready, they immediately embarked, amidſt the hiſſes and curſes of the Engliſh inhabitants, whom they had heretofore ſo cruelly treated.
As ſoon as the Britiſh troops were in poſſeſſion of the fort, they hoiſted the ſtandard of England on the flag-ſtaff, which being a ſight few of the inhabitants had ſeen before, and being elated with joy on the occaſion, they were ſo eager to lend their aſſiſtance to hoiſt it, that they were nearly pulling the halliards, by which it was raiſed, to pieces, and breaking down the flag-ſtaff by the force of their numbers. The fight of the Britiſh ſtandard was alſo a matter of great admiration to the French, who, it is probable, had never ſeen
