154 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



bourhood of that post, which ter- 

 minated in the capture of the 

 vessels Eagle and Growler, each 

 mounting eleven guns, with four 

 officers and 45 men. This feat 

 was performed under the direction 

 of major Taylor, of the 100th 

 regiment, who held the temporary 

 command at Isle au Noix during 

 the absence, on duty, of lieut.- 

 colonel Hamilton, and the detach- 

 ments were composed of the royal 

 artillery, and 100th regiment. 



The following officers are re- 

 ported to me as having distinguish- 

 ed themselves, viz : — Captain Gor- 

 don, of the artillery; lieutenant 

 Williams, ensigns Dawson, Gib- 

 bon, and Humphries, of the 100th 

 regiment; and lieutenant Lowe, 

 of the marine. 



In the contest, which was main- 

 tained for three hours and an half, 

 we had three men wounded; the 

 enemy lost one man killed, and 

 eight wounded. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) George Pkevost. 

 Right Honourable Eari Bathurst, 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Jde au Noix, June 3, 1813. 

 Sir ; — In the absence of lieut.- 

 colonel Hamilton, I have the 

 honour to acquaint you, that one 

 of the enemy's armed vessels was 

 discerned from the garrison at half 

 past four o'clock this morning, 

 when I judged it expedient to 

 order the three gun-boats under 

 ■weigh, and before they reached 

 the point above the garrison, an- 

 other vessel appeared in sight, 

 when the gun- boats commenced 

 firing. Observing the vessels to be 

 near enough the shore for muske- 

 try, I ordered the crew of two 

 batteaux and two row-boats (which 



I took with me from the garrisoii 

 to act according to circumstances) 

 to land on each side the river, and 

 take a position to rake the vessels ; 

 the firing was briskly kept up on 

 both sides (the enemy with small 

 arms and grape-shot occasionally ) : 

 near the close of the action an ex- 

 press came off to me ip a canoe, 

 with intelligence, that more armed 

 vessels were approaching, and 

 about 3,000 men from the enemy's 

 lines, by land. On this informa- 

 tion, I returned to put the garrison 

 in the best order for their recep- 

 tion, leaving directions with the 

 gun-boats and parties, not to suffer 

 their retreat to be cut ofF from it ; 

 and before I reached the garrison, 

 the enemy's vessels struck their 

 colours, after a well-contested 

 action of three hours and an hal& 

 They proved to be the United 

 States armed vessels Growler and 

 Eagle, burthen from ninety to one 

 hundred tons, and carrying eleven 

 guns each, between them, twelve, 

 eighteen, and sixteen-pounder car- 

 ronades ; completely equipped, 

 under the orders of the senior offi- 

 cer of the Growler, captain Sidney 

 Smith, with a complement of fifty 

 men each. They had one man 

 killed and eight wounded ; we had 

 only three men wounded, one of 

 them severely, from the enemy's 

 grape-shot on the parties on shore. 

 The alacrity of the garrison, oo 

 this occasion, calls forth my warm- 

 est approbation ; ensigns Dawson, 

 Gibbons, and Humphries, and 

 acting quarter-master Pilkington, 

 and crews, of the 100th (Prince 

 Regent's) regiment, and lieutenant 

 Lowe of the marine department, 

 with three gunners of the artillery 

 to each boat, behaved with the 

 greatest gallantry ; and I am par- 



