the enemy, who continued firing as usual on the fort till two or three o'clock on the morning of the 11th, as we could plainly perceive from the ships. My satisfaction was great at having thus preserved my brave garrison to their king and country." During the siege of Fort Matilda, the Carolina Corps lost 1 killed and 3 wounded, 2 of whom afterwards died of their wounds. In the "State of the Garrison of Fort Matilda, as embarked on the 10th of December, 1794," the strength of the company of the Carolina Corps is shown as 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 4 sergeants, and 30 rank and file. After the evacuation, this company was stationed at Martinique; so that at the close of the year 1794, two companies were in that island, and one in St. Lucia. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 10: See map.] [Footnote 11: Major-General Bruce's despatch.] [Footnote 12: See map.] CHAPTER V. MALCOLM'S ROYAL RANGERS--THE EVACUATION OF ST. LUCIA, 1795. In the commencement of the year 1795, a new corps was raised in the West Indies, which was sometimes called Malcolm's Corps, sometimes Malcolm's Rangers, and at others the Royal Rangers. It first appears in the "Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces in the Windward, Leeward, and Caribee Islands," dated the 1st of May, 1795, as follows: ROYAL RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN MALCOLM, 41ST REGIMENT. A: Capt. Commandant. B: Captains. C: 1st Lieutenants. D: 2nd Lieutenants. E: Sergeants Present. F: Drummers Present. G: Present fit for Duty. H: In Hospital. I: In Quarters. +-------------+---------------+---+---+------------------------+ | | Commissioned | | |Effective Rank and File.| | | Officers. | | | | | +---+---+---+---+ | +-----+-----+----+-------+ | | | | | | | | | Sick and | | | Stations. | | | | | | | | Wounded. | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----+ | | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Total.| +-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+-------+ | Martinico | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 149 | 28 | 27 | 204 | +-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+-------+ This officer is mentioned by Bryan Edwards, vol. iii. p. 452: "Lieutenant Malcolm, of the 41st Grenadiers, was appointed Town Major" (of St. Pierre, Martinique, in 1794) "in consideration of his distinguished conduct and active services at the head of a body of riflemen, which was composed of two men selected from each company of the 1st Battalion of Grenadiers. We shall have occasion to mention this officer afterwards."