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single soldier without the limits of 

 his fortress. Your excellency hav- 

 ing been a witness of the zeal and 

 ardent courage of every soldier in 

 the field, it is unnecessary in me 

 to assure your excellency that but 

 one sentiment animated every 

 breast, that of discharging to the 

 utmost of their power their duty to 

 their king and country : but one 

 sentiment of regret and mortifica- 

 tion prevailed, on being obliged to 

 quit a beaten enemy, whom a small 

 band of British soldiers had driven 

 before them for three hours, 

 through a country abounding in 

 strong positions of defence, but not 

 offering a single spot of cleared 

 ground favourable for the operations 

 of disciplined troops, without having 

 fully accomplished the duty we 

 were ordered to perform. 



The two divisions of the detach- 

 ment were qbly commanded by 

 colonel Young of the king's, and 

 major Drummond of the 104th. 

 The detachment of the king*s, 

 under major Evans, nobly sus- 

 tained the high and established 

 character of that distinguished 

 corps; and captain Eurke availed 

 himself of the ample field afforded 

 him in leading the advance, to dis- 

 play the intrepidity of British gre- 

 nadiers. The detachment of tiie 

 lOI'th regiment, under major Moo- 

 die, captain M'Pherson's company 

 of Glengarry light infantry, and 

 two companies of Canadian volti- 

 geurs, commanded by major Ha- 

 mot, all of them levies of the Bri- 

 tish provinces of North America, 

 evinced most striking proofs of 

 their loyalty, steadiness, and cou- 

 rage. The detachment of the royal 

 Newfoundland regiment behaved 

 with great gallantry. 



Your excellency will lament the 



loss of that active and intelligent 

 officer, captain Gray, acting de- 

 puty quarter-master general, who 

 fell close to the enemy's work, 

 while reconnoitering it, in the hope 

 to discover some opening to favour 

 an assault. 



Commodore sir James Yeo con- 

 ducted the fleet of boats in the at- 

 tack, and accompanying the ad- 

 vance of the troops, directed the 

 co-operation of the gun-boats. 



1 feel most grateful for your ex- 

 cellency's kind consideration, in 

 allowing your aides-de-camp, ma- 

 jors Coore and Fulton, to accom- 

 pany me in the field ; and to 

 these officers for the able assistance 

 they afforded me. 



1 have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) Edward Baynes. 

 Colonel Glengarry light 

 infantry, commanding. 

 To his Excellency Lieut.-General 



Sir George Prevost, bart. &c. 



Return nf hilled, tvounded, and 

 misshig, hi an attack on Sackett's 

 harbour, on the 29th of May. 

 Total — 1 general stall", 3 Ser- 

 jeants, 44 rank and file, killed ; 3 

 majors, 3 captains, 5 lieutenants, 

 I ensign, 7 Serjeants, 2 drummers, 

 172 rank and file, 2 gunners, 

 wounded; 2 captains, 1 ensign, 13 

 rank and file, wounded and miss- 

 ing. 



Kingston, Upper Canada, 

 June 7, 1813. 

 My Lord; — I have great satisfac- 

 tion in reporting to your lordship 

 the result of a gallant affair which 

 took place between the armed 

 vessels of the enemy and our gun- 

 boats, supported by detachments 

 from tlie garrison of Isle au Noix, 

 on llic .'^rd instant, in the neigh- 



