Jérémie. Whitelocke’s troops land and take possession.

Adam Williamson fitted out an expedition of little size; for the Grand’Anse, left to its own strength, had already held out against the Republic. The expeditionary army was made up of the 13th regiment of infantry, seven companies of the 49th and a detachment of artillery, 870 men in all. It formed two divisions. The first, of 679 men, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Whitloke, left fort Royal on 9 September 1793 and arrived at Jérémie on the 19th of the same month, escorted by the ship of the line Europa, commanded by Commodore Ford, chief of the Jamaica station. The English troops, who landed the next day, were received with joy by the whole population amid cries of “Long live King George! Long live the English!” All the forts of the place hoisted the flag of His Britannic Majesty, firing the royal salute, to which Commodore Ford at once replied. The taking possession of Jérémie was complete. Whitelocke was struck by the military bearing of the town and by the resources it held. Having satisfied himself that it could defend itself unaided, he turned his thoughts boldly to the other points of the island where the English had secret understandings: the Môle, Saint-Marc and the Arcahaie.