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commencement, I witnessed the 

 conduct of the troops on this glo- 

 rious occasion, and it was a great 

 satisfaction to me to render on the 

 spot that praise which had become 

 so justly their due. I thanked 

 major-general De Watteville for 

 the wise measures taken by him 

 for the defence of his position, the 

 advance; and lieutenant-colonel De 

 Salaberry, for the judgment dis- 

 played by him in the choice of his 

 ground, and the bravery and skill 

 with which he maintained it ; I 

 acknowledged the highest praise 

 to belong to the officers and men 

 engaged that morning, for their 

 gallantry and steadiness; and I 

 called upon all the troops in ad- 

 vance for a continuance of that 

 zeal, steadiness, and discipline, and 

 of that patient endurance of hard- 

 ships and privations which they 

 have hitherto evinced ; and I par- 

 ticularly noticed the able support 

 lieutenant-colonel De Salaberry re- 

 ceived from captain Ferguson, in 

 command of the light company of 

 the Canadian Fencibles, and from 

 captain J. B. Duchesnay, and 

 captain J. Duchesnay, and adju- 

 tant Hebden of the voltigeurs, 

 and also from adjutant O'SuUivan, 

 of the sedentary militia, and from 

 capt. La Motte, belonging to the 

 Indian warriors. 



Almost the whole of the British 

 troops being pushed forward for 

 the defence of Upper Canada, that 

 of the lower province must depend 

 in a great degree, on the valour 

 and continued exertions of its in- 

 corporated battalions and its seden- 

 tary militia, until the 70th regi- 

 ment, and the two battalions of 

 marines, daily expected, arrive. It 

 is, therefore, highly satisfactory to 

 state to your lordship, that ther** 



appears a determination among all 

 classes of his majesty's Canadian 

 subjects, to persevere in a loyal ' 

 and honourable line of conduct. 



By the report of prisoners taken 

 from the enemy in the affair on 

 the Chateauguay, the American 

 force is stated at 7,000 infantry 

 and 200 cavalry, with ten field- 

 pieces. The British advanced 

 force, actually engaged, did not 

 exceed 300. The enemy suffered 

 severely from our fire, and from 

 their own ; some detached corps 

 in the woods fired upon each 

 other. 



I have the honour to transmit to 

 your lordship a return of the killed 

 and wounded on the 26th. 1 avail 

 myself of this opportunity humbly 

 to solicit from his royal highness 

 the Prince Regent, as a mark of 

 his gracious approbation of the 

 conduct of the embodied battalion 

 of the Canadian militia, five p.iir 

 of colours for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th battalions. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



George Prevost. 



Return of killed, loounded, and 



missing. 



Total — 5 rank and file killed ; 



2 captains, 1 serjeant, 13 rank and 



file, wounded ; 4 rank and file 



Head-quarters, Montreal, 

 Oct. 30, 1813. 

 My Lord ; — Since I had the 

 honour of addressing your lordship 

 in my dispatch of the 22nd of Sep- 

 tember last, I have received the 

 enclosed communication from ma- 

 jor-general Proctor. 1 have, how- 

 ever, been informed from other 

 quarters, that he commenced his 

 retreat from Sandwich on the 2'tth 



