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 were greatly retarded when they endeavoured to attack Roeau, and upwards of forty of them were killed.

About noon the ame morning, the whole of the enemy were landed, and puhed on their march for the town; when, having taken poeion of the fort at Loubiere, which is adjoining thereto, they made everal attempts to enter Roeau, but were as often driven back, by the very heavy firing then kept up from all the batteries.

Three times they were driven out of the fort at Loubiere, and twice when their colours were hoited therein, the flag-taves were hattered to pieces by the balls from Melville's battery: their Commiary-general was killed there, and the Marquis de Bouillé very narrowly ecaped haring the ame fate, by the pieces of the fiag-taves, which tore away the couteau from his ide. The