The New Hampshire Gazette

Thursday last a Sloop arrived at Salem in 17 Days from St. Eustatia, in whom came Passenger Capt. Hall of this Town, who was taken on his Passage from hence for Surinam, and put on board a Dutchman bound to Statia: Capt. Hall informs, That Commodore Douglas being cruising off Dominica with 7 or 8 Men of War, sent one of them into that Place, and landed 100 Men in order to take Possession of it, but the Frenchmen on Shore lay in Ambush and fired on our People soon after their Landing, killed 30 of them and obliged the rest to return on board again: The Commodore being informed of this Intelligence was so irritated that he went in with all his Ships, and immediately destroyed the Fort, then landed a Number of Men who plundered the Town for three Days, and then laid it in Ashes, the Inhabitants having fled into the Woods. While Captain Hall was at Statia, he heard that two of our Transports with Troops on board, from New York to Guadaloupe, were taken by the French and carried into Martinico.

Extract of a Letter from St. Eustatia, dated June 16.

The 5th Instant Mr. Douglas went with his Ships before Roseau in Dominica, and demanded of the Inhabitants to lay down their Arms, and receive an English Garrison, which they refused to accept; Lord Rollo then landed, with his Troops, took Possession, and abandoned the Place to three Days Plunder to the Soldiers, by which Means you may imagine little was left in the Town after. The French Commander, with two others of the leading Men are on Board our Ships, and are to be sent to Europe; the Inhabitants are to tarry there, & become English Subjects. It is thought they will proceed to all the neutral Islands and do the same. Also to the Granades. A Transport from New York with 200 Soldiers and 24 Women was last Week taken, just going into Guadaloupe, and carried to Martinico by two ten Gun Sloops... There is no Exchange of Prisoners on either Side; the English send all to Europe, and the French commit all to Gaol.