ABSTRACT
M. de Caylus detached M. de la Touche, with two frigates and some small craft, with about 700 men, to attack Anguilla. They appeared off the island, and landed their men upon the 21st of May. Governor Hodge, with 150 militia men of the island, defended a breastwork at a narrow pass with such success, that in less than a quarter of an hour the French retired, with the loss of thirty-two killed, twenty-five wounded, and fifty were made prisoners. La Touche was wounded in two places.
