Citation - Boston Gazette: 1762.12.13

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Index Entry Drummers, in Havannah, British casualties 
Location Havannah 
Citation
BG.762.043
13 Dec 1762:11,12,13 (402)
[12, re. surrender of the town of the Havannah, 13 Aug.
1762:]
  "["For the Articles of Capitulation, see Gazette, no.
396"]"
  Head quarters near the Havannah, 12th Aug. 1762.  State of
the garrison of Fort Moro, when taken by storm, the 30th of
July, 1762. . . [1 para]
  Regular troops. . . [1 line] 280 serjeants, corporals,
drums and private officers. . . 13 lines]
  Total field and staff officers. . . 3 colonels, 2 lieut.
colonels, 2 serjeant-majors, 4 aide de camps, 4 chaplains, 3
surgeons,--Officers; 17 captains, 56 subalterns.--Troop; 38
serjeants, 29 drummers, 778 soldiers.--Total 936.--
Families;. . . total 57. . . [1 para]
  Total, officers, 11 killed, 19 wounded, 39 died, 4 dead of
wounds.
  15 serjeants, 4 drummers, 260 rank and file, wounded; 
1 serjeant, 6 drummers, 570 rank and file, wounded; 1
serjeant, 4 drummers, 125 rank and file, missing.  14
serjeants, 11 drummers, 630 rank and file, died. 
1 drummer, 15 rank and file, dead of wounds.


Generic Title Boston Gazette 
Date 1762.12.13 
Publisher Edes and Gill 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1762 
Bibliography B0005862
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