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“...before it sailed to meet defeat but not dishonour in the
Battle of the Saints in 1782 (see page 244) and it was
this fort whose walls Captain Robert Faulknor scaled
on March 20th, 1794.1 His Majesty’s ships Asia and
Zebra (Captain Faulknor) were ordered to stand in
towards the harbour. Both did so; but three times i
the Asia veered round. So the Zebra went on alone.
Captain Faulknor, seeing that he stood no chance of being
seconded by the Asia, and being all this time under a dreadful 1
fire from Fort Louis, boldly pushed in towards the fort, still
reserving his fire till he came close to the walls of it; and then
running his ship aground, plying his small arms and great guns, 1
he drove the enemy from thence, and leaping into a boat scaled j
the ramparts. Seeing the Zebra go in, all the boats with scaling ;
ladders, attended by the gunboats, seemed to fly towards the 1
scene of action. Those from Point Carrière mounted the walls
near where Captain Faulknor had so gallantly run his ship...”
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“...Wireless, 63, 130, 147
Wismar, 374, 382, 386
Wolmer, John,-7 264, 268
Wohnef's Schools, 268
Woodbridge, Dudley, 106
^Woodford, Sir Ralph, 119» 12°.
121
Wooton Waven, 241
Worcestershire Regt., The, 84
Wylie, Lieut. H., 267-8
" Xaymaca ” (Jamaica), 254
Yallahs River, 290
Yaws, 160,192
Yearwood, Hon. T., 80
Yellow Fever, 49, 82, 129, 173,
186, 221, 273, 308, 421,
423
" Ye Mermaid Inn,” 102
Yorkshir^Regiment, 223
Young, Lreut.-Cel., 121
Young, Sir William, 167, 190
Young’s Island, 190
Yumuri, 352, 353
Zebra, H.M.S., 308
Zent, 399. 4M
q Readers should find West Indian Tales of Old and
A Wayfarer in the West Indies of interest....”
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