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ANNUAL REGISTER, 18J4. 



?ionour to transmit a return of our 

 loss, which has been very consi- 

 derable. The number of troops 

 under my commund did not for 

 the first three hours exceed sixteen 

 hundred men ; the addition of the 

 troops under Colonel Scott did not 

 increase it to more than two 

 thousand eight hundred of every 

 description. 



A very difficult but at the same 

 time a most gratifying duty re- 

 mains, that of endeavouring to do 

 justice to the merits of the officers 

 and soldiers by whose valour and 

 discipline this important success 

 has been obtained. I was very 

 early in the action deprived of the 

 services of Major General Riall, 

 who, I regret to learn, has suffered 

 the amputation of his arm in the 

 enemy's possession ; his bravery, 

 zeal, and activity have always been 

 conspicuous. 



To Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, 

 Deputy-Adjutant-General, I am so 

 deeply indebted for his valuable 

 assistance previous to, as well as 

 his able and energetic exertions 

 during this severe contest, that I 

 feel myself called upon to point 

 your Excellency's attention to the 

 distinguished merits of this highly 

 deserving officer, whose services 

 have been particularly conspicuous 

 in every affair that has taken place 

 since his arrival in this province. 

 The zeal and intelligence displayed 

 by MajorGlegg, Assistant-Adjutant 

 General, deserve my warmest ap- 

 probation. I much regret the loss 

 of a very intelligent and promising 

 young officer. Lieutenant Moor- 

 som, 104th regiment. Deputy As- 

 sistant-Adjutant-General, who was 

 killed towards the close of the 

 action. The active exertions of 

 Captain Elliot, Deputy Assistant- 



Quarter- Master General, of whose 

 gallantry and conduct I had occa- 

 sion, on two former instances, to 

 remark, were conspicuous. Major 

 Maule, and Lieutenant Le Breton, 

 of the Quarter-Master General's 

 Department, were extremely useful 

 to me ; the latter was severely 

 wounded. 



Amongst the officers from 

 whose active exertions I derived the 

 greatest assistance, I cannot omit 

 to mention my Aides-de-Camp 

 Captains Jervois and Loring, and 

 Captain Holland, Aide-de-Camp 

 to Major General Riall ; Captain 

 Loring was unfortunately taken 

 prisoner by some of the enemy's 

 dragoons, whilst in the execution 

 of an order. 



In reviewing the action from its 

 commencement, the first object 

 which presents itself, as deserving 

 of notice, is the steadiness and 

 good countenance of the squadron 

 19th light Dragoons, under Major 

 Lisle, and the very creditable and 

 excellent defence made by the in- 

 corporated militia battalion, under 

 Lieutenant Colonel Robinson, who 

 was dangerously wounded, and a 

 detachment of the 8th (King's 

 regiment) under Captain Camp- 

 bell. Major Kirby succeeded 

 Lieutenant Colonel Robinson in 

 the command of the incorporated 

 militia battalion, and continued 

 very gallantly to direct its efforts ; 

 this battalion has only been or- 

 ganised a few months, and, much 

 to the credit of Captain Robinson, 

 of the King's regiment (Provincial 

 Lieutenant Colonel), has attained 

 a highly respectable degree of dis- 

 cipline. 



In the reiterated and determined 

 attacks which the enemy made on 

 our centre, for the purpose of 



