212 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



the present capitulation.r-Answer : 

 Submiited for the decision of lord 

 Wellington. The officer to be 

 sent to marshal Soult shall be 

 chosen by the commanding officer 

 of the French troops. 



Art. 11. If any difficulties or 

 misunderstandings shall arise in 

 the execution of the articles of this 

 capitulation, they shall be always 

 decided in favour of the French 

 garrison. — Answer : Agreed. 



Made and concluded this 8th 

 day of September, 1813. 

 (Signed) Adjutant-commandant 

 Chevalier Songeon. 

 ^ Signed^ W. de Lancf.y, col. 

 (Signed) A. Dickson, lieut.- 

 col. commanding the Arlil. 

 (Signed) H. Bouvehie, . 

 Lieut.-colonel. 

 Approved, (Signed) Le general 

 Gouverneur Rey. 

 (Signed) T. Graham, 

 Lieut.-gen. 

 Approved on the part of the royal 

 navy, 



Geo. Collier, commanding 

 thesquadronofhismajesty's 

 ships off St. Sebastian. 



Return of the French garrison made 

 prisoners of ivar by capitulation 

 in the castle of St. Sebastian, on 

 the 8th of September, 1813. 

 Eighty officers, 1,756 Serjeants, 



drummers, and rank and file. — 



Grand total, 1,836. 



N, B. 23 officers, and 512 men, 



out of the above number, are sick 



and wounded in the hospital. 



From the London Gazette, 

 Sept. 11. 



COLOHIAL DEPARTMENT. 



Doicning-street, Sept. 7. 

 A dispatch, of which the follow- 



ing is an extract, has been receiv- 

 ed by earl Bathurst, one of his 

 majesty's principal secretaries of 

 state, from lieutenant-general sir 

 George Prevost, bart. 



Kingston, Upper Canada. 

 Jnlt/S, 1813. 

 I have the honour to transmit to 

 your lordship copies of letters from 

 colonel Vincent and lieutenant 

 colonel Bisshopp, and of the papers 

 accompanying them, containingthe 

 highly gralifyingintelligence of the 

 capture, on the 24'th ult. of a body 

 of the enemy's forces, consisting of 

 two field officers, 21 other officers 

 of different ranks, 27 non-commis- 

 sioned officers, and 462 privates, 

 together with a stand of colours^ 

 and two field- pieces. The details 

 of this gallant affair, which reflects 

 so much credit on our Indian allies, 

 as well as upon lieutenant Fitz- 

 gibbon, for the promptitude and 

 decision with which he availed 

 himself of the impression their 

 attack had made upon the enemy, 

 will, I have no doubt, be read by 

 your lordship with great satisfac- 

 tion. Since the surprise of the 

 enemy's camp at Stoney Creek, on 

 the 6th ult. and their subsequent 

 retreat from the Forty Mile Creek, 

 in which almost the whole of their 

 camp equipage, together with a 

 quantity of stores and provisions, 

 fell into our hands, major-general 

 Dearborn has withdrawn the troops 

 from Fort Erie, and has concen- 

 trated his forces at Fort George. 

 Colonel Vincent has in consequence 

 made a forward movement from 

 the head of the lake, in order to 

 support the light infantry and In- 

 dian warriors, who are employed 

 in circumscribing the enemy, so as 

 to compel them to make use of 



