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lakinor these vessels, si few shot 

 were fired at us by some of the 

 men of the flotilla from the bushes 

 on the shore near us ; but Lieut. 

 Scott, whom I had lauded for that 

 purpose, soon got hold of them, 

 and made them prisoners. Some 

 horsemen likewise showed them- 

 selves on the neighbouring heights, 

 but a rocket or two disperse d them ; 

 and Captain Robyns, who had got 

 possession of Pig Point without 

 resistance, now spreading his men 

 through the country, the enemy 

 retreated to a distance, and left us 

 in quiet possession of the town, 

 the neighbourhood, and our prizes. 

 - A large quantity of tobacco 

 having been found in the town at 

 Pig JPoint, 1 have left Captain 

 Robyns, with the marines, and 

 Captain Nourse, with two divisions 

 of the boats, to hold the place, 

 and ship the tobacco into the 

 prizes ; and I have moved back 

 with the third division to this 

 point, to enable me to confer on 

 our future operations with the 

 major-generalj who has been good 

 enough to send his aide-de-camp 

 to inform me of his safe arrival, 

 with the army under his command, 

 at Upper Marlborough. 



In congratulatingyou, Sir, which 

 I do most sincerely, on the com- 

 plete destruction of this flotilla of 

 the enemy, which has lately occu- 

 pied so mucii of our attention, I 

 must beg to be permitted to assure 

 you, that the cheerful and indefa- 

 tigable exertions on this occasion 

 of Captains Wainwright, Nourse, 

 and Palmer, and of Captain Sulli- 

 van, the other commanders, offi- 

 cers, and men, in the boats you 

 have placed undc" my orders, most 

 justly entitle them to my warmest 

 acknowledgments and my earnest 



recommendation to your favourable 

 notice. 



1 have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) G. Cockburn, 

 Rear-Admiral. 

 Vice-Admiral the Hon. 

 Sir Alexander Cochrane, 

 K. B. &c. &c. &c. &c. 



His Majesti/\s SloopManli/, 

 off" Nottingham, Paluxcnf, 

 27th Aug. 1814. 

 Sir, 

 I have the honour to inform 

 you, that, agreeably to the inten- 

 tions I notified to you in my letter 

 of the 22nd instant, 1 proceeded by 

 land on the morning of the 23rd to 

 Upper Marlborough, to meet and 

 confer with Major-Geueral Ross as 

 to our further operations against 

 the enemy ; and we were not long 

 in agreeing on the propriety of 

 making an immediate attempt on 

 the city of Washington. 



In conformity, therefore, with 

 the wishes of the general, I in- 

 stantly^ sent orders for our marine 

 and naval forces at Pig Point to be 

 forthwith moved over to Mount 

 Calvert, and for the marines, 

 marine artillery, and a proportion 

 of the seamen, to be there landed, 

 and with the utmost possible expe- 

 dition to join the army, which I 

 also most readily agreed to accom- 

 pany. 



The major-general then made 

 his dispositions, and arranged that 

 Captain Robyns.. with the marines 

 of the ships, should retain posses- 

 sion of Upper Marlborough, and 

 that the marine artillery and sea- 

 men should follow the army to the 

 ground it was to occupy for the 

 night. The army then moved on, 

 and bivouaked before dark, about 

 five miles nearer Washington. 



