196 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Downing-street, 

 May 10, 1814. 

 A Dispatch, of which the fol- 

 lowing is a copy, has been this 

 day received at Earl Bathurst's Of- 

 fice, addressed to his Lordship 

 by General Lord Lynedock, K. B. 

 dated 



Antwerp, May 5, 1814. 



My Lord, — I have the honour 

 to state to your lordship, that, 

 agreeablj' to the terms of the con- 

 vention of Paris of the 23rd ult. 

 this fortress, with the different 

 forts depending on it, was finally 

 evacuated by the remaining French 

 troops this Kaorning. 



Major General Kunigl, the com- 

 missioner of the allied powers, 

 having signified to me his wish, 

 that, according to his instructions, 

 British troops should occupy it, 

 the second division, under the 

 command of Major General Cooke, 

 and the first brigade of the 1st 

 division were marched in ; and 

 after the different guards were 

 relieved, the new garrison received 

 the commissioner with military 

 honours. 



The magistrates then assembled 

 on the parade, and the mayor, re- 

 commending Antwerp to the pro- 

 tection, and its future fate to the 

 favour of the allies, presented the 

 keys of the town to General Ku- 

 nigl, who received them in the 

 name of the allied sovereigns. 



It is impossible to describe with 

 what demonstrations of enthu- 

 siastic joy the inhabitants expressed 

 their approbation of this interesting 

 scene. 



All the marine establishments 

 remain in the hands of the French. 

 I have had the mjst satisfactory 

 communications with tne French 

 Admiral Gourdon, commanding ; 



and I have no doulit of the utmost 

 harmony prevailing between the 

 French and English of all descrip- 

 tions, during the time the towa 

 shall continue to be occupied by a 

 British garrison. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) 



Thomas Graham. 



Letter from Lieut. Gen. Drum- 

 mond to Sir George Prevost. 

 His Majesty's Ship Prince 

 Regent, off Oswego, Lake 

 Ontario, May 7, 1814. 

 Sir, 



I am happy to have to announce 

 to your Excellency the complete 

 success of the expedition against 

 Oswego. 



The troops mentioned in my 

 dispatch of the 3rd inst. viz. six 

 companies of De Watteville's regi- 

 ment under Lieutenant Colonel 

 Fischer, the light company of the 

 Glengary light infantry under Cap- 

 tain M'Millan, and the whole of 

 the second battalion royal marines 

 under Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm, 

 having been embarked with a 

 detachment of the royal artillery 

 under Captain Cruttenden, with 

 two field pieces, a detachment of 

 the rocket company under Lieute- 

 nant Stevens, and a detachment 

 of sappers and miners under Lieut. 

 Gosset of the royal engineers, on 

 the evening of the 3rd instant I 

 proceeded on board the Prince 

 Regent at day-light on the 14tli, 

 and the squadron immediately 

 sailed. The wind being variable, 

 we did not arrive off Oswego until 

 noon the following day. The ships 

 lay-to within long gun shot of the 

 battery, and the gun boats under 

 Captain Collier were sent close in 

 for the purpose of inducing the 



