APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



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with which I viewed the conduct 

 of the whole army, and the abiUty 

 and gallantry with which it was 

 managed and headed by its brave 

 Colonel, which insured to it the 

 success it met with. 



The night being fast approach- 

 ing, and the troops much fatigued. 

 Colonel Brook determined on re- 

 maining for the night on the field 

 of battle ; and on the morning of 

 the 13th, leaving a small guard at 

 the Meeting-house to collect and 

 protect the wounded, we again 

 moved forward towards Baltimore, 

 on approaching which it was found 

 to be defended by extremely strong 

 works on every side, and imme- 

 diately in front of us by an exten- 

 sive hill, on which was an in- 

 trenched camp, and great quanti- 

 ties of artillery, and the information 

 we collected, added to v;hat we ob- 

 served, gave us to believe there were 

 at least within their works from 

 15 to 20,000 men. Colonel Brook 

 lost no time in reconnoitering these 

 defences, after which he made his 

 arrangement for storming, during 

 the ensuing night, with his gallant 

 little army, the entrenched camp 

 in our front, notwithstanding the 

 difficulties which it presented. — 

 The subsequent communications 

 which we opened with yo\i, how- 

 ever, induced him again to relin- 

 quish the idea, and therefore yes- 

 terday morning the army retired 

 leisurely to the Meeting-house, 

 where it halted for some hours to 

 make the necessary arrangements 

 respecting the wounded and the 

 prisoners taken on the 12th, which 

 being completed, it made a further 

 short movement in the evening to- 

 wards the place where it had dis- 

 embarked, and where it arrived this 

 morning for re-embarkation, with- 



out suffering the slightest molesta- 

 tion from the enemy, who, in spite 

 of hissuperiority of number, did not 

 even venture to look at us during 

 this slow and deliberate retreat. 



As you. Sir, were in person with 

 the advanced frigates, sloops, and 

 bomb vessels, and as, from the road 

 the army took, I did not see them 

 after quitting the beach, it would 

 be superfluous for me to make any 

 report to you respecting them. I 

 have now, therefore, only to assure 

 you of my entire satisfaction and 

 approbation of the conduct of every 

 officer and man employed under 

 me, during the operations above de- 

 tailed, and to express to you how 

 paticularly I consider myself in- 

 debted to Captain Edward Crofton 

 (acting captain of the Royal Oak,) 

 for the gallantrj'^, ability, and zeal, 

 with which he led on the brigade of 

 seamen in the action of the 12th, 

 and executed all the other services 

 with which he had been intrusted 

 since our landing ; to Capt. White 

 (acting Captain of the Albion) 

 who attended me as my Aide de 

 Camp the whole time, and render- 

 ed me every possible assistance, 

 to Captains Sullivan, Money, and 

 Kamsay, who ronimanded divi- 

 sions of the brigade of seamen ; to 

 Lieutenant .James Scott of the Al- 

 bion whom I have had such fre- 

 quent cause to mention to you on 

 former occasions, and who in the 

 battle of the 12th commanded a 

 division of seamen, and behaved 

 most gallantly, occasionally also 

 acting as an extra Aide-de-camp 

 to myself. Captain Robyns, who 

 commanded the marines of the 

 fleet, and who was severely wound- 

 ed during the engagement, I also 

 beg to recommend to your favour- 

 able notice and consideration, as 



