[English Translation]

I have the honor, Sir, to give you information that the ship the Amphian and the frigate the Atalante are charged to go take from your island the detachments of Walsh de viennais in order to take them to Martinique. Mr. de Walsh will want to follow his corps. It will not be done, as regards the present, no arrangement on that King's lieutenant to which the court will provide for the result, if it is in the intention of keeping this charge in times of peace.

The corvette, the Bosignol is charge to carry from Grenada, into your island, about 190 men, of the Martinique Regiment, and to take at Tobago, the detachment of Auxevrios Reg't. in order to carry it to Guadeloupe where it will receive on board 100 men of the Guadeloupe Regiment that it will carry to your island.

By means of which your garrison will remain composed of about 260 men from Martinique and 160 from Guadeloupe and the artillery detachments which are there.

I have the honor to be with a most inviolable attachment, Sir, your most humble and most obedient servant.
Damas

P.S. In order to leave, Sir, the Artillery Detachment such as it is at present, I judge suitable to compose it entirely of the Company of Cannonier Bombadiers of Martinique. As a consequence Mr. de Malnemara is charged to carry to you a captain and twenty-one cannonier Bombadiers which with the nine you already have, will compose a detachment of 30 men commanded by a Captain and a Lieutenant.

You will embark on board of Mr. de Malnemara the capt [of] the 21 cannoniers, the 4 workers and the 3 miners of the Corps Royal, that you have in your orders in order to be returned to Martinque.