APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
was io Support the infantry; the 
2d brigade under lieut. col. Van- 
deleur, was detached to the right, 
to be ready to take advantage of 
any confusion in the enemy’s line, 
and to attack him upon his retreat ; 
the brigade under colonel Gordon 
composed the reserve, and was form- 
ed between the 2d and 3d brigades. 
As many of the field-pieces as could 
be brought up, with the gallopers 
attached to the cavalry, formed four 
different batteries. 
At the expiration of the time 
which I had allowed the enemy to 
decide, I ordered the infantry to ad- 
vance; as soon as they became ex- 
posed to the enemy’s guns, the four 
batteries commenced their fire, and 
continued to advance, though op- 
posed by a great superiority, both 
in number and weight of metal. 
When the 76th regiment, which 
headed the attack, had arrived at 
the point from which I intended to 
make the charge, they were so 
much exposed to the enemy’s fire, 
and losing men so fast, that I judged 
it preferable to proceed to the at- 
tack with that regiment, and as 
many of the native infantry as had 
closed to the front, to losing time 
in waiting until the remainder of 
the column should be able to form, 
the march of which had been re- 
tarded by impediments in the ad- 
vance. 
As soon as this handful of heroes 
were arrived within reach of the 
enemy’s canister shot, a most tre- 
mendous fire was opened upon them. 
The loss they sustained was very 
severe, and sufficient alone to pre- 
vent a regular advance; at this 
moment, the enemy’s cavalry at- 
tempted to charge, but were re- 
pulsed by the fire of this gallant 
body ; they, however, rallied at a 
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short distance, and assumed so me- 
nacing a posture, that I thought it 
adviseable to order them to be at= 
tacked by the cavalry ; this service 
fell to the share of his majesty’s 
29th regiment, commanded by capt. 
Wade (major Griffith having, at 
that. instant, been unfortunately 
killed by a cannon shot) and was 
performed with the greatest gallan- 
try, and’ in a manner which entitles 
capt. Wade, and every officer ‘and 
soldier in the regiment to my warm: 
est acknowledgments. ‘The  re- 
mainder of the first column of in. 
fantry arrived just in time to join in 
the attack of the enemy’s reserve, 
which was formed in the rear of his 
line, with its left upon the village of 
Laswaree, and its right thrown 
back. 
About this time, major-general 
Ware fell dead, his head being car- 
ried off by a cannon shot. He was 
a gallant officer, and one whose loss 
I deeply lament. On his death, the 
command of this column devolved 
upon col. M‘Donald, who, though 
wounded, continued to acquit him- 
self, in this important command, 
very much to my satisfaction. 
The enemy opposed a vigorous 
resistance to the last, and it was not 
until he had lost his guns, that he 
abandoned his post. . Even then his 
left wing did not fly, but attempted 
to retreat th good order ; in this, 
however, they were frustrated by 
his majesty’s 27th regiment, and the 
6th regiment of native cavalry, un- 
der the command of lieut. col. Van- 
deleur, who broke in upon the co- 
Jumn, cut several to pieces, and drove 
the rest in prisoners, with the whole 
of the baggage. 
Severe as the loss has been which 
we have sustained in the achieve- 
ant of this complete victory, that 
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