148 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



Major Kenah, who is at the 

 head of the adjutant-general's de- 

 partment, affords me every satis- 

 faction. Lieut.-col. Holcombe, and 

 under his orders, major Williamson, 

 conducted the artillery branch of 

 the service in a manner highly cre- 

 ditable. The different brigades of 

 guns, under captains Lacy, Thom- 

 son, and Gilmour (and Garcia, of 

 the Sicilian army), and lieutenant 

 Patton of the flying artillery, were 

 extremely useful, and most gal- 

 lantly served ; and the Portuguese 

 artillery supported the reputation 

 their countrymen have acquired. 



The army is now in march. I 

 proceed to Alcoy, in the hope, but 

 not the sanguine hope, that I may 

 be enabled to force the Albaya 

 Pass, and reach the entrenched 

 position of the enemy of San Fe- 

 lipe, before he can arrive there. 



I consider this movement as pro- 

 mising greater advantages than a 

 direct pursuit, as the road which 

 he has chosen being very favour- 

 able for cavalry, in which arm he 

 is so much superior, I should pro- 

 bably be delayed too long to strike 

 any blow of importance. 



I beg leave to enclose a return of 

 killed and wounded of the allied 

 army. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 J. Murray, Lieut.-Gen. 



P. S. I have omitted to mention, 

 that in retiring from Biar, two of 

 the mountain guns fell into the 

 hands of the enemy ; they were 

 disabled, and colonel Adam very 

 judiciously directed capt. Arabin, 

 who then commanded the brigade, 

 to fight them to the last, and then 

 to leave them to their fate. Cap- 

 tain Arabin obeyed his orders, and 



fought them till it was impossible 

 quite to get them off, had such 

 been colonel Adam's desire. 



(Signed) - J. M. 



Return of hilled, wounded, and 



missing. 



General total. — -i lieutenants, 1 



Serjeant, 1 drummer, 139 rank and 



61e, killed ; 1 colonel, 1 major, 1 



captain, 12 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 



15 Serjeants, 1 drummer, 449 rank 



and file wounded ; 42 rank and 



file missing; 8 horses killed; 10 



horses wounded; 1 horse missing. 



(Signed) Thomas Kenah, 



Major Assist.-Adj. Gen. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Sunday, July 25. 



colonial department. 



Doixning-street, July 24, 1813. 

 Captain M'Doual, aide-de-camp 

 to lieutenant-general sir George 

 Prevost, arrived this day with dis- 

 patches, addressed to earl Bathurst, 

 one of his majesties principal se- 

 cretaries of state, of which the fol- 

 lowing are copies and extracts : — 



Head-quarters, Kingston, Upper 

 Canada, May 18, 1813. 



My Lord ; — I have the honour 

 of transmitting to your lordship, 

 a copy of a dispatch which I have 

 received from major-general sir ; 

 R. Sheafl'e, containing the particu- 

 lars of an attack made by the land! 

 forces, and the flotilla of the enemy,j 

 upon York, in Upper Canada, on] 

 the 27th ult. 



The enemy left York on the 8th ; 

 instant, and proceeded to Niagara, 



