by John Marshall

“ He served on shore with a detachment of seamen under the orders of Captain Eliab Harvey, at the reduction of Martinique in 1794; and received the public thanks of Sir Charles Grey, the military Commander-in-Chief, for his active co-operation. ”

“ He was advanced to the rank of Post-Captain in the Bien Venu, a prize frigate by commission bearing date March 25, 1794. From that ship he afterwards removed into the Alarm of 32 guns; and early in the following year, co-operated with the army under General Sir John Vaughan in reducing to submission the Charibs and negroes of St. Vincent, Grenada, and Dominica, who, encouraged by the French republicans from Guadaloupe, were committing the most horrid acts of cruelty on the defenceless inhabitants, putting to death men, women, and children ”