dicherry was invefted by the troops of the company and of the government, in the autumn of the prefent year; and, after a gallant refiftance by M. de Bellecombe, the governor, it furrendered to the arms of his Britannic majesty. On the other hand, the fettlement of Senegal, and the British forts on the river Gambia, were captured by a French fquadron under M. de Lauzun. END OF VOL. I. |