142 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



killed and wounded ; and I have 

 the honour to be, &c. 



Frederick Paul Irby, 

 Captain. 

 John Wilson Croker, Esq. &c. 



Total killed 46 : — wounded dan- 

 gerously 16, severely 35, slightly 

 44 Total 95. 



COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. 



Dowiing-street, June 2. 



Sir George Prevost, in a dis- 

 patch, dated Niagara, February 27, 

 1813, acquaints lord Baihurst, 

 that on the 21st of February, he 

 arrived at Prescott, within a mile 

 of the enemy, posted at Ogdens- 

 burgh, who had availed them- 

 selves of the frozen state of the 

 St. Lawrence, in that neighbour- 

 hood, to carry on repeated noctur- 

 nal enterprises against posts of 

 communication which were occu- 

 pied by the militia, and to commit 

 frequent depredations upon the 

 persons and property of his ma- 

 jesty's subjects, carefully selecting 

 objects beyond the immediate sup- 

 port and protection of a regular 

 military force. 



. In order to put a stop to these 

 depredations, sir George deemed 

 it necessary to dislodge the enemy 

 from his position at Ogdensburgh, 

 which was effected in a very spi- 

 rited manner, by a detachment un- 

 der the command of major Mac- 

 donncl, of the Glengarry light in- 

 fantry fencibles, whose report sir 

 G. encloses. 



Sir George praises the gallant 

 conduct of captain Jenkins, of the 

 Glengarry fencibles, and lieutenant 

 Impey, of the Dundas militia, the 

 former of whom lost an arm, and 

 the latter a leg. Sir G. warmly re- 



commends thera both for promo- 

 tion. 



The following is the report of 

 the above affair transmitted to sir 

 G. Prevost :— 



Prescott, Feb. 22, 1813. 



Sir ; — I have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, for the information of 

 his excellency the commander of 

 the forces that, in consequence of 

 the commands of his excellency 

 to retaliate, under favourable cir- 

 cumstances, upon the enemy, for 

 his late wanton aggressions on this 

 frontier, I, this morning about se- 

 ven o'clock, crossed the river St. 

 Lawrence, upon the ice, and at- 

 tacked and carried, after a little 

 more than an hour's action, his po- 

 sition in and near the opposite 

 town of Ogdensburgh, taking 11 

 pieces of cannon, and all his ord- 

 nance, marine, commissariat, and 

 quarter-master-general's stores, 4 

 officers and 70 prisoners, and burn- 

 ing two armed sciiooners and two 

 large gun-boats, and both his bar- 

 racks. My force consisted of a- 

 bout 480 regulars and militia, and 

 was divided into two columns: the 

 right commanded by captain Jen- 

 kins, of the Glengarry light in- 

 fantry fencibles, was composed of 

 his own flank company, and about 

 70 militia ; and from the state of 

 the ice, and the enemy's position 

 in the Old French Fort, was di- 

 rected to check his left, and inter- 

 rupt his retreat, whilst I moved 

 on with the left column, consist- 

 ing of 120 of the king's regiment, 

 40 of the Royal Newfoundland 

 Corps, and about 200 militia, to- 

 wards his position in the town, 

 where he had posted his heavy 

 field artillery. The depth of the 

 snow in some degree retarded the 



