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apparently with a view of penetra- 

 ting into the lower province. The 

 intelligence I continued to receive _ 

 from different quarters, of these 

 movements of the enemy, and of 

 the extent of the preparations they 

 were making, induced me to re- 

 pair to this place, where I arrived 

 on the 25th ultimo. On reaching 

 Montreal, I learnt, that major- 

 general Hampton, with about 

 5,000 regular troops of infantry, 

 and some artillery and cavalry, had, 

 after approaching close to the 

 frontier line, near Odel Town, 

 and overpowering one of our small 

 . picquets in that neighbourhood, 

 suddenly moved with his whole 

 force to the westward, and was, 

 • encamped at a place called the 

 Four corners, near the Chateauguay 

 river. 



Measures had been, in the mean 

 time, taken by major-general sir 

 Roger Sheaft'e, commanding in 

 this district, to resist the advance 

 of the enemy, by moving the whole 

 of the troops under his command 

 nearer to the frontier line, and by 

 calling out about three thousand 

 of the sedentary militia. I thought 

 it necessary to increase this latter 

 force to nearly 8,000, by embody- 

 ing the whole of the sedentary 

 militia upon the frontier, this being 

 in addition to the six battalions of 

 incorporated militia, amountint^ to 

 .5,000 mea: and it is with pecu- 

 liar satisfaction I have to report to 

 your lordship, that his majesty's 

 Canadian subjects, have a second 

 time answered the call, to arm in 

 defence of their country, with a 

 zeal and alacrity beyond all praise, 

 and which manifests in the .strong- 

 est manner their loyalty to their 

 sovereign, and their cheerful obe- 

 dience to his commands. The 



force now assembled by the enemy 

 at different points, for the purpose 

 of invading these provinces, is 

 greater than at anj' other period 

 during the war. Major-general 

 Harrison has under him at San- 

 dusky, on the frontier of the Mi- 

 chigan territory, about 8,000 men, 

 ready to avail himself of the abso- 

 lute command lately obtained by 

 their navy on Lake Erie, to ad- 

 vance upon Detroit, and Amherst- 

 burg. Major-general Wilkinson 

 commands at Fort George and 

 Niagara, with a force amounting 

 to nearly 6,500 men ; and major- 

 general Hampton with a force 

 under his command, which by the 

 last accountshad been considerably 

 increased, and amounting probably 

 to about 8,000 men, is on this 

 frontier. I have reason to think, 

 that the whole of the above force, 

 amounting to 26,000 men, consists 

 of regular troops, and is exclusive 

 of 10,000 militia, which either 

 have, or are in readiness to join 

 them. 



In consequence of my solicita- 

 tion to admiral sir J. Warren, in 

 June last, for a further supply of 

 seamen for the lake service, the 

 crews of two sloops of war were 

 ordered by him to be sent from 

 Halifax to Quebec ; and I have 

 the satisfaction to acquaint your 

 lordship that they have arrived, and 

 that part of them have been sent 

 to join captain Pring at Isle au 

 Noix, for the service of Lake 

 Champlain, and the remainder 

 have proceeded to Lake Ontario. 

 It cannot be too much regretted, 

 that my letter to sir J. Warren 

 upon this subject, which 1 dis- 

 patched in June last, in duplicate, 

 was so long in reaching him, as not 

 to be acted upon until more than 



