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(Copy) Answers [[note]] 1st. [[/note]] The Enemy appeared in St. Eustatius on Monday Morning the 27th past, betwixt Day break & Sun Rise — Their Force then I fancy consisted of betwixt 3 & 4 Hundred Men — The Enemy Disembarked at a place called Jenkinn’s Bay. The Total of their Number (by the Report of a French Officer) was upwards of One Thousand. [[note]] 2d. [[/note]] The Marquies De Bouille’ Commanded the Expedition, Count Dillon attended him & a Coll. Fitzmaurice now Commandant of the Island. [[note]] 3d. [[/note]] No resistance whatever was made by the Troops, nor did they receive any Orders to that purpose. [[note]] 4th. [[/note]] Requires much Consideration. [[note]] 5th [[/note]] There were no Guards or Sentries when the Enemy landed, there is a Fort called Tumble down Dick, which lay some little distance to the right of the Road of the Enemy went, where there was a Corporals & days Guard — There were no Guards or Sentries between the place the Enemy landed at, & the Barracks, nor were there any Posts on the high Commanding Grounds.
