184 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



Kingston, Upper Canada, 

 Junes, 1813. 



My Lord ; — I have the honour of 

 acquainting your lordship, that, on 

 the 27th ult. the enemy succeeded 

 in effecting a landing, about two 

 miles from Fort George, under the 

 cover of the fire of their flotilla 

 and batteries, with a force so very 

 far superior to any which we could 

 bring against them, that notwith- 

 standing the most determined and 

 gallant opposition on the part of 

 his Majesty's troops, under the 

 command of colonel Vincent, he 

 was unable to maintain his position 

 on that frontier, and obliged, after 

 falling back upon Queen's-town, to 

 retire with the whole of his army, 

 which he had collected from Chip- 

 pawa and Fort Erie, to the head of 

 the lake. By the report of colonel 

 Vincent, which I have the honour 

 herewith to transmit, your lordship 

 will find, that this part of the fron- 

 tier was not abandoned until every 

 possible exertion had been made to 

 retain it, and until the forts and 

 batteries had been rendered, at 

 least for a time, an useless acquisi- 

 tion to the enemy, by their destruc- 

 tion, and that of the ammunition, 

 which could not be carried away. 



I have great satisfaction in stat- 

 ing to your lordship, that, notwith- 

 standing the unequal contest which 

 was so long and so gallantly sup- 

 ported by a handful of his Majesty's 

 troops against an overwhehning 

 force, the army has not been very 

 considerably weakened by the loss 

 they have sustained ; and that they 

 were enabled to retire without mo- 

 lestation from the enemy, to a po- 

 sition at the head of Lake Ontario, 

 where colonel Vincent will en- 

 deavour to make a stand until I 

 shall have it in my power to rein- 



force him, or until circumstances 

 shall oblige him further to fall 

 back. Conceiving that the appear- 

 ance of the fleet under commodore 

 sir James Yeo off the position oc- 

 cupied by colonel Vincent might 

 give additional consequence to his 

 trooDS, I have embarked the re- 

 mainder of the 8th regiment, con- 

 sisting of about 200 men, with 

 which, and a supply of clothing, 

 ammunition, and provisions, the 

 fleet sailed this morning. 



The enemy's flotilla were seen 

 yesterday returning to Sackett's 

 harbour, to which place they had, 

 without doubt, been recalled by 

 the attack upon it. I last night 

 received a confirmation of this fact 

 from a flag of truce, which had 

 been sent over with one of our 

 wounded officers, from whom I 

 learn, that their fleet is in port, 

 and that the whole of the naval 

 stores collected at Sackett'sharbour 

 were consumed by fire on the day 

 of the attack. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) George Prevost. 

 Earl Bathurst, &c. 



Admiralty Office, July 10. 



Copy of # letter from the hon. 

 captain Capel, of his Majesty's 

 ship La Hogue, to John Wilson 

 Croker, esq. dated at Halifax, 

 June 11, 1813. 



Sir; — It is with the greatest 

 pleasure I transmit you a letter I 

 have just received from captain 

 Broke, of his Majesty's ship Shan- 

 non, detailing a most brilliant 

 achievement, in the capture of the 

 United States frigate Chesapeake, 

 in 15 minutes. Capt. Broke re- 

 lates so fully the particulars of this 

 gallant affair, that I feel it unne- 



