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Major General Sheaffe to Colonel Talbot &c. 
Fort George 16th Octr. 1812. 
HG 10. < 
Two thirds of the whole establishment of the 1st & 2nd Norfolk 
1st Oxford and 1st Middlesex Regt. of Militia officered agreeably to 
former regulations are to repair with the greatest possible dispatch to 
the following points. 
Ist Norfolk 
2nd sae | eae 
1st Oxford 
; | ist Middleses f Re 
A Blanket each is recommended to be brought by each man, and 
all arms and ammunition in possession are also to be brought. 
R. H. SHEAFFE 
M. General Commg. 
Colonel Talbot 
& Officers Commg. 
&e. &c. &c. 
(Indorsed) 
Men. 
Colonel Bostwick will desire that the men required by the fore- 
going order shall be marched in by their officers without losing the 
time that it would require to wait for orders from Colonel Talbot 
R. H. SHEAFFE 
M. Genl. Commg. 
Capt'n Glegg A.D.C. to Talbot. 
Fort George, 19th October 1812. 
Dear Sir. 
Since writing to you on the 14th and giving verbal instructious to 
Lieut. Colonel Bostwick respecting the movements directed to be made 
by the different Regiments of Militia under your command, some cir- 
cumstances have arisen which induce Major General Sheaffe to make 
some changes in the former arrangements. The Enemy having been 
foiled in his late attempt upon this line, and an indefinite armistice 
having been agreed upon by Major General Sheaffe and Brigdr. General 
Smyth which extends only between the Lakes Erie and Ontario or in 
Sec Ley 1907) 1a: 
