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aJvance of both columns, and ex- 

 posed them, particularly the right, 

 to a heavy cross fire from the bat- 

 teries of the enemy, for a longer 

 period than I had expected ; but 

 pushing on rapidly after the bat- 

 teries began to open upon us, the 

 left column soon gained the right 

 bank of the river, under the direct 

 fire of his artillery and line of mus- 

 ketry, posted on an eminence near 

 the shore ; — moving on rapidly 

 my advance, consisting of the de- 

 tachment of the Royal Newfound- 

 land and some select militia, I 

 turned his right with the detach- 

 ruent of the king's regiment, and 

 after a few discharges trom his ar- 

 tillery, took them with the bayo- 

 net, and drove his infantry through 

 the town, some escaping across the 

 Black river into the fort, but the 

 majority fled to the woods, or 

 sought refuge in the houses, from 

 whence they kept such a galling 

 fire, tliat it was necessary to dis- 

 lodge them with our field-pieces, 

 which now came up from the 

 bank of the river, where they had 

 stuck on landing, in the deep 

 snow. 



Having gained the high ground 

 on the brink of the Black River 

 opposite the fort, I prepared to 

 carry it by storm'; but the men be- 

 ing quite exhausted, I procured 

 time for them to recover breath,by 

 sending in a summons, requiring 

 an unconditional surrender. Dur- 

 ing these transactions,captain Jen- 

 kins had gallantly led on his co- 

 lumn, and had been exposed to a 

 heavy fire of seven guns, which he 

 bravely attempted to take with the 

 bayonet, though covered with 200 

 of the enemy's best troops: ad- 

 vancing as rapidly as the deep 

 snow, and the exhausted state (in 



consequence) ,of his men would 

 admit, he ordered a charge, and 

 had not proceeded many paces, 

 when his left arm was broken to 

 pieces by a grape-shot ; but still 

 undauntedly running on with his 

 men, he almost immediately after- 

 wards was deprived of the use of 

 his right arm by a discharge of case 

 shot; still heroically disregarding 

 all personal consideration, he no- 

 bly ran on, cheering his men, to 

 the assault, till exhausted by pain 

 and loss of blood, he became un- 

 able to move. His company gallant- 

 ly continued the charge, under 

 lieut. M'Auley ; but the reserve 

 of militia not being able to keep up 

 with them, they were compelled, 

 by the great superiority of the ene- 

 my, to give way, leaving a few on 

 a commanding position, and a few 

 of the most advanced in the ene- 

 my's possession, nearly about the 

 time that I gained the height above- 

 mentioned. The enemy hesitating 

 to surrender, I instantly carried his 

 eastern battery, and by it silenced 

 another which now opened again, 

 and ordering on the advance, the 

 detachment of the king's, and the 

 Highland company of militia, un- 

 der capt. Eustace, of the king's 

 regiment, he gallantly rushed into 

 the fort ; but the enemy retreating 

 by the opposite entrance, escaped 

 into the woods, which I should ef- 

 fectually have prevented, if my 

 Indian warriors had returned sooner 

 from a detached service on which 

 they had that morning been em- 

 ployed. 1 cannot close this state- 

 ment without expressing my ad- 

 miration of the gallantry and self- 

 devotion of capt. Jenkins, who 

 has lost one arm, and is in danger 

 of losing the other. I must also re- 

 port the intrepidity of capt. I<e- 



