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landed at the head of two hundred 

 volunteers, seaiaen from the fleet, 

 and received a severe and danger- 

 ous wound, when within a few 

 yards of the guns, which he was 

 advancing to storm, which I fearwill 

 deprive the squadron of his valua- 

 ble assistance for some time at 

 least. 



In noticing the co-operation of 

 the naval branch of the service, 1 

 have the highest satisfaction in 

 assuring your Excellency that I 

 have, throughout this, as well as 

 every other occasion, experienced 

 the most zealous, cordial, and able 

 support from Sir James Yeo, It 

 will be for him to do justice to the 

 merits of those under his command ; 

 but I may nevertheless be permit- 

 ted to observe, that nothing could 

 exceed the coolness and gallantry 

 in action, or the unwearied exer- 

 tions on shore, of the captains, 

 officers, and crews of the whole 

 squadron. 



I enclose a memorandum of the 

 captured articles that have been 

 brought away, in which your 

 excellency will perceive with satis- 

 faction seven heavy guns, that were 

 intended for tlie enemy's new ship. 

 Three thirty-two pounders were 

 sunk by the enemy in the river, as 

 well as a large quantity of cordage 

 and other naval stores. The 

 loss to them, therefore, has been 

 very great ; and I am sanguine in 

 believing, that by this blow they 

 have been deprived of the means 

 of completing the armament, and 

 particviUirly the equipment of the 

 large man of war, an object of the 

 greatest importance. 



Every object of the expedition 

 having been effected, and the cap- 

 tured stores embarked, the troops 

 ifeturned, in the must perfect order, 



on board their respective ship* at 

 four o'clock this morning, when 

 the squadron immediately sailed, 

 the barracks in the town, as well 

 as those in the fort, having been 

 previously burnt, together with the 

 platforms, bridge, &c. and the 

 works in every other respect dis- 

 mantled and destroyed, as far a» 

 was practicable. 



[The General concludes with 

 expressions of the utmost admira- 

 tion of the officers and men engag- 

 ed in the expedition.] 

 (Signed) Gordon Drummond. 



DOWNING-STRF.ET, AUGUST 8, 



1814. 



Dispatches, of which the fol- 

 lowing are an extract and copy, 

 have been this day received from 

 Lieutenant General Sir George 

 Prevost, by Earl Bathurst, his 

 Majesty's Principal Secretary of 

 State for the War and Colonies. 



Head Quarters, Montreal, 

 July 10, 1814. 



I have the honour to report to 

 your Lordship, the safe arrival at 

 Michilimackinac, on the 18th of 

 May last, of Lieut. Col. M'Doual, 

 with the whole of the reinforce- 

 ments of troops and seamen, and 

 of the supplies of stores and provi- 

 sions, with which he had sailed from 

 Nottawasaga river on the 25th of 

 April prereciing. 



The difficulties experienced in 

 conducting open and deeply laden 

 batteaux across so great an extent 

 of water as Lake Huron, covered 

 with immense fields of ice, and 

 agitated by violent gales of wind, 

 could only have been surmounted 

 by the zeal, perseverance, and 

 abilities of the officers commanding 

 this expedition: for nineteen days 

 it WHS nearly one continued strug- 



