killed, and one captain, one lieutenant, and nine non-commissioned officers and privates wounded. On the 18th, the post of Aoul, about six miles from Léogane was also attacked, and after a sharp resistance carried, with the loss of one captain and four privates killed, and one captain, four lieutenants, and 27 non-commissioned officers and privates wounded.

On the 31st of May, early in the morning, an expedition, composed of the 74-gun ship Irresistible, Captain James Richard Dacres, 64s Belliqueux and Sceptre, Captains Richard Dacres and Augustus Brine, 50-gun ship Europa, Captain Gregory, three frigates, and three sloops, the whole under the command. of Commodore Ford, whose pendant was still flying on board the Europa, and of 1465 effective troops, commanded by Brigadier-general White, which had sailed from Cape Nicolas-Mole, arrived in the bay of Port-au-Prince. An officer with a flag of truce was sent in, but was not allowed to land.

The possession of Fort Brissoton being an object of the first consideration, the Belliqueux and Sceptre, on the 1st of June, at 11. 30 m. a.m., by signal from the Europa, got under way, and placed themselves, with the utmost precision, against the fort ; as did also the Penelope, so as to flank a ravine to the eastward. All three ships then commenced a well-directed and very brisk fire upon the enemy. In the mean time the Europa and Irresistible remained under sail, throwing in their broadsides whenever it could be done with effect, and keeping in check a body of the enemy's horse and some brigands, that appeared disposed to interrupt the troops in their landing. By 5 p.m. the detachment was wholly disembarked, under the, direction of Captain Thomas Affleck, of the Fly sloop. The fort had fired but at intervals from the time the ships were placed, yet the colours were still flying. A stop, however, was put to all firing at 6 p.m., by a most tremendous thunder-storm and deluge of rain. This was taken advantage of by Captain Daniel of the 41st regiment, at the head of an advanced party then marching towards the fort. He and his 60 men, rushing forward with their bayonets, carried the place by assault, and were soon afterwards joined by the main body under Major Spencer.

On the following morning, the 2d, the British colours were hoisted on Fort Brissoton. On the same evening a party of 200 British, under Colonel Hampfield, landed at Pointe Saline ; and, on the morning of the 3d, the 32-gun frigates Hermione, Captain John Hills, and Iphigenia, Captain Patrick Sinclair, got under way, and cannonaded an advanced post of the enemy at Bernadon, in order to divert their attention from Colonel Hampfield's detachment. The badness of the weather prevented any further operations until the morning of the 4th, when the principal posts, which had been abandoned in the night, were taken possession of by the troops. The inhabitants of Port-au-Prince requested that the British colours should be hoisted ; which