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ance of captain Chambers, of the 

 41st regiment, who had arrived 

 some days before from Amherst- 

 burg; and Mr. Brook, paymaster 

 of the 49th, who assisted me as 

 acting aide-de-camp. 



To Mr. Hackett, acting staff- 

 surgeon to this army, I feel parti- 

 cularly indebted, for his judicious 

 arrangements, by which the 

 wounded have received every at- 

 tention, and are most of them 

 likely to be restored to the ser- 

 vice. 



It would be an act of injustice, 

 were I to omit assuring your ex- 

 cellency, that gallantry and disci- 

 pline were never more conspicuous 

 than during our short service ; and 



1 feel the greatest satisfaction in as- 

 suring you, that every officer and 

 individual seemed anxious to rival 

 each other in his efforts to support 

 the honour of his majesty's arms, 



. and to maintain the high character 

 ' of British troops. 



I beg leave to refer your excel- 

 lency, to the enclosed reports, for 

 particulars respecting our loss, 

 which, I regret, has been very 

 severe. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



John Vincent. Brig-gen. 

 His Excellency, sir Geo. 

 Prevost, &c. 



General Return of Killed, Wounded, 

 and Missbis, in Action with the 

 Enemy n ear the Head of Lake 

 Ontario, June 6, J 81 3. , 

 Total. — 1 lieutenant, 3 Ser- 

 jeants, 19 rank and file, killed ; 



2 majors, 5 captains, 2 lieutenants, 

 1 ensign, 1 adjutant, 1 fort-major, 

 9 Serjeants, 2 drummers, 113 rank 

 and file, wounded ; 3 Serjeants, 52 

 rank and file, missing. 



Vol. LV. 



Return of American Prisoners of 

 War , captured near Stoney (^reeky 

 in the Action of the 6th instant. • 

 Burlington Heights, 

 Jawe?, 1813. 

 2 brigadier-generals, 1 major, 5 

 captains, 1 lieutenant, 116 non- 

 commissioned officers and privates. 

 N. B. Two of the six-pounders 

 were spiked, and left on the 

 ground in consequence of the im« 

 possibility of removing them. 



From the London Gazette, Tuesday , 

 June 15. 



Admiralty Office, June 1 5. 



Copy of an inclosure to Vice- 



Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. 



His Majesty's ship Thames, 



Ponza Harbour, Feb. 27, 



1813. 



Sir ; — Agreeable to your direc- 

 tions, I embarked lieutenant-co- 

 lonel Coffin, and the 2nd battalion 

 of the 10th regiment, on the 16th 

 instant, and arrived off Ponza on 

 the 23rd, the harbour of which is 

 about a quarter of a mile wide, 

 with a mole at the extreme end of 

 it, defended by four batteries 

 mounting ten 24? and 18 pounders, 

 and two nine-inch mortars. 



Colonel Coffin and myself 

 agreed, that the shortest and surest 

 road to success, was by running 

 both ships into the mole, and car- 

 rying the place by assault ; but the 

 weather was unfavourable for such 

 an attack, until the morning of the 

 26th, when the ships bore up, in 

 close order with a fine breeze. 



The enemy were preparedfor our 

 reception, and opened their fire 

 nearly half an hour before our guns 

 could bear : the batteries were, 

 however, passed with little injury, 

 the ships engaging on both sides, 



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