'i48 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



first opportunity. The Lieutenant 

 Colonel further mentions the great 

 assistance he received from Cajitain 

 Parker, of the roj'al navy, and the 

 naval forces employed under him; 

 and says, that the conduct of the 

 troops is deserving of gieat praise. 

 . I have great pleasuie in con- 

 gratulating your Lordsliip upon 

 ihe whole of the country between 

 Penobscot river and Passiama- 

 quoddy Bay being now in our 

 possession. 



(Signed) 

 J. C. Sherbrooke. 



(Inclosure No. 1.) 



Bangor, on the Penobscot 

 River, Sepl.%,\^U. 



Sir — In compliance with your 

 Excellency's orders of the 1st in- 

 stant, I sailed from Castine with 

 the detachment of royal artil- 

 lery, the flank companies of the 

 29th, 6'2iid, and S9t!i regiments, 

 and one rifle company of the 7th 

 bailaliou 60th regiment, which 

 composed the force your Excel- 

 lency did me the honour (o place 

 under my command, for the pur- 

 pose of co-opeiating with Captain 

 Barric, of the royal navy, in an 

 expedition up this river. 



On the morning of the 2nd, 

 having pioceeded above the town 

 of Frankfort, we <liscoveied some 

 of the enemy on their march to- 

 wards Hamden, by the eastern 

 shore, which induced me to order 

 Bres'et Major Croasdaile, with a 

 detachment of the 98th, and some 

 riflemen of the (iOth regiment, 

 under LieiUenaiit Wallace, to land 

 and intercept them, which was 

 accomplislwil, and that detach- 

 ment of the enemy (as I have since 

 learned) were prevented from join- 



ing the main body assembled at 

 Hamden. On this occasion the 

 enemy had one man killed, and 

 some wounded. Major Croasdaile 

 re-embarked without any loss. 

 We arrived off^ Bald Head Cove, 

 three miles distant from Hamden, 

 about five o'clock that evening, 

 when Caption Barrie agreed with 

 me in determining to land the 

 troops immediately. Having dis- 

 covered that the enemy's picquets 

 were advantageously posted on the 

 north side of the Cove, I directed 

 Brevet Major Riddle, witli the gre- 

 nadiers of the 62nd, and Captain 

 Ward, with the rifle company of 

 the 60th, to dislodge them, and 

 take up that ground, which duty 

 was performed under Major Rid- 

 dle's directions, in a most com- 

 plete and satisfactory manner by 

 about seven o'clock ; and before 

 ten at night, the whole of the 

 troops, including eighty marines 

 under Captain Carter, (whom 

 Captain Barrie had done me the 

 honour to attach to my command), 

 were landed and bivouacked for 

 the night, during which it rained 

 incessantly. We got under arms 

 at five o'clock this morning ; the 

 rifle company forming the ad- 

 vance under Captain Ward ; Brevet 

 Major Keith, with the light com- 

 pany of the 62nd, bringing up the 

 rear; and the detachment of ma- 

 rines under Captain Carter moving 

 upon my flanks, while Captain 

 Barrie, with the ships and gun- 

 boats under his command, ad- 

 vanced at the same time up the 

 river, on my right, towards Ham- 

 den. In addition to the detach- 

 ment of royal artillery under 

 Lieutenant Garston, Capt. Barrie 

 had landed one 0-pounder, a six 

 and half-inch howitzer, and a 



