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leave to refer your lordship for 

 the causes of our failure. It is, 

 however, highly satisfactory to 

 know, that until the unfortunate 

 explosion took place, and until 

 his Majesty's troops, by their near 

 approach to the abbattis in front 

 of the entrenchments, met such 

 difficulties in penetrating as were 

 found to be insurmountable with- 

 out the aid of light, they behaved 

 with their usual gallantry and dis- 

 cipline, and had gained, by their 

 determined efforts, advantages 

 which accident alone appears to 

 have compelled them to forego. 



By accounts from Lieut. -Gen. 

 Drummond to the 18th instant, I 

 find he has since the 15th been 

 joined by the 82nd regiment, and 

 that the 6th was on its way to, and 

 would probably be with the right 

 division by this time, together with 

 other reinforcements which are 

 proceeding thither. 



I have the honour, &c. 



Georue Prevost. 



Earl Bathurst, &c. 



Extract of a letter from Lieut.- 

 General Drummond to his Ex- 

 cellency Sir George Prevost, 

 Bart, dated Camp before Fort 

 Erie, August 13, 1814. 

 I have great satisfaction in ac- 

 quainting your Excellency with 

 the capture of two of the three 

 armed schooners which were an- 

 chored off Fort Erie, and which 

 very much annoyed our left flank. 

 This enterprise was executed in a 

 very gallantstyleby Captain Dobbs, 

 and a party of about 70 seamen 

 and marines, who embarked last 

 night in six batteaux, which I had 

 caused to be carried across to Lake 

 Erie for that purpose. 



I have this morning opened the 

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fire of the battery on Fort Erie, 

 and though the distance is found 

 to be great, yet 1 hope a suffi- 

 cient effect will be produced. 



Camp before Fort Erie, 

 August 15, 1814. 

 Sir, — Having reason to believe 

 that a sufficient impression had 

 been produced on the works of 

 the enemy's fort, by the fire of the 

 battery which I had opened on it 

 on the morning of the 13th, and 

 by which the stone building had 

 been much injured, and the ge- 

 neral outline of the parapet and 

 embrazures very much altered, I 

 determined on assaulting the place ; 

 and accordingly made the neces- 

 sary arrangements for attacking it, 

 by a heavy column directed to the 

 intrenchments on tlie side of 

 Snake-hill, and by two columns 

 to advance from the battery, ami 

 assault the fort and intrenchment* 

 on this side. 



The troops destined to attack by 

 Snake-hill, (which consisted of the 

 King's regiment and that of De 

 Watteville's, with the flank com- 

 panies of the 8yth and lUOth regi- 

 ments, under Lieutenant Colonel 

 Fisclier, of the regiment De 

 Watteville), marched at 4 o'clock 

 yesterday afternoon, in order to 

 gain the vicinity of the point of 

 attack in sufficient time. 



It is with the deepest regret I 

 have to report the failure of both 

 attacks, which were made two 

 hours before daylight this morn- 

 ing. A copy of Lieut.-Colonel 

 Fischer's report, herewith enclosed, 

 will enable your excellency to 

 form a tolerably correct judgment 

 of the cause of the failure of that 

 attack. Had the head of the co- 

 lumn (which had entered the 

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