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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



the two brass 3 pounders on tra- 

 velling carriages were in conse- 

 quence brought to us in the cour»e 

 of the day, and are now in our 

 possession. 



At Huckston we received very 

 satisfactory accounts of the suc- 

 cess which had attended the force 

 employed up the river. We 

 learned, that Captain liarrie had 

 proceeded form Hamden up to 

 Bangor; and the Admiral sent an 

 officer in a boat from Buckston to 

 communicate with him, when find- 

 ing there was no necessity for the 

 troops remaining longer at Buck- 

 ston, they marched back to Cas- 

 tine the next day. 



Having ascertained that the ob- 

 ject of the expedition up the Pe- 

 nobscot had been attained, it was 

 no longer necessary for me to oc- 

 cupy Belfast; I, therefore, on the 

 evening of the 6th, directed Major 

 General Gosselin to embark the 

 troops and to join me here. 



Macchias being the only place 

 now remaining where the enemy 

 had a post between the Penobscot 

 and Passamaquoddy bay, 1 ordered 

 Lieutenant Colonel Pilkington to 

 proceed with a detachment of royal 

 artillery and the 29th regiment to 

 occupy it ; and as naval assist- 

 ance was required, Rear Admiral 

 Griffith directed Captain Parker, 

 of the Tenedos, to co-operate with 

 Lieutenant Colonel Pilkington on 

 tliis occasion. 



On the morning of the 9th, 

 Captain Barrie, with Lieutenant 

 Colonel John, and the troops 

 which had been employed with 

 hina up the Penobscot, returned 

 to Castine. It seems the enemy 

 blew up the Adams, on his strong 

 position at Hamden being at- 



tacked ; but all his artillery, t*t) 

 stands of colours, and a standard » 

 with several merchant vessels, fell 

 into our hands. This, I am happy 

 to say, was accomplished with very 

 little loss on our part ; and your 

 Lordship will perceive, by there- 

 turn sent herewith, that the only 

 officer wounded in this affair is 

 Captain Gell of the 29th grena- 

 diers. 



Herewith I have the honour to 

 transmit a copy of the report 

 made to me by Lieut. Col. John 

 on this occasion, in which your 

 Lordship will be pleased to ob- 

 serve, that the Lieut.-Col. speaks 

 very highly of the gallantry and 

 good conduct displayed by the 

 troops upon this expedition, under 

 very trying circumstances; and I 

 beg to call your Lordship's atten- 

 tion to the names of those officers 

 upon whom Lieut.-Colonel John 

 particularly bestows praise. The 

 enterprise and intrepidity mani- 

 fested by Lieut.-Colonel John, and 

 the discipline and gallantry dis- 

 played by the troops under him, 

 reflect great honour upon them, 

 and demand my warmest acknow- 

 ledgments ; and I have to request 

 your lordship will take a favour- 

 able opportunity of bringing the 

 meritorious and successful ser- 

 vices performed by the troops em- 

 ployed on this occasion under the 

 view of his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent. 



As Rear Admiral Griffith will 

 no doubt make a detailed report 

 of the naval operations on this 

 occasion, 1 forbear touching upon 

 this subject further than to solicit 

 your Lordship's attention to that 

 part of Colonel John's report, in 

 which he "attributes the success 



