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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



assistance; but I am happy to 

 add, he is recovering. 



I have, &c. (Signed) 



Henry John, Lieut.-Col. 



Admiraltij Office, Oct. 8. 

 Captain Sen house, of his Ma- 

 jesty's sloop the Martin, has ar- 

 rived this afternoon at this office, 

 bringing a dispatch from Rear Ad- 

 miral Griffith, addressed to John 

 Wilson Croker, Esq. of which, and 

 of its enclosures, the following 

 are copies : — 



His Majesti/s ship Endy- 

 mion, off Castine, en- 

 trance of the Penobscot 

 River, Sept. 9, 1814. 



Sir,— My letter of the 23rd of 

 August, from Halifax, by the Ro- 

 ver, will have made you acquainted 

 with my intention of accompany- 

 ing the expedition then about to 

 proceed under the command of 

 his Excellency Sir John Sher- 

 brooke, K. B. for this place. 



I have now the honour to in- 

 form you, that I put to sea on the 

 2Gth ultimo, with the ships and 

 sloop named in the margin, and 

 ten sail of transports, having the 

 troops on board, and arrived off 

 the Metinicus Islands on the morn- 

 ing of the 31st, where 1 was 

 joined by the Bulwark, Tenedos, 

 Rifleman, Peruvian, and Picton. 

 From Captain Pearce, of the Rifle- 

 man, I learned, that the United 

 States frigate Adams had a few 

 days before got into Penobscot ; 

 but not considering herself in 

 safety there had gone on to Ham- 

 den, a place twenty-seven miles 

 higher up the river, where her 

 guns had been landed, and a po- 



sition was fortifying for her pro- 

 tection. 



Towards evening the wind be- 

 ing fair and the weather favoura- 

 ble, the fleet made sail up the Pe- 

 nobscot Bay, Captain Parker, in the 

 Tenedos, leading. We passed be- 

 tween the Metinicus and Green 

 Islands about midnight, and steer- 

 ing through tlie channel formed 

 by the Fox Islands and Owl's 

 Head, ran up to the eastward of 

 Long Island, and found ourselves 

 at day-light in the morning in 

 sight of the fort and town of Cas- 

 tine. As we approached, some 

 show of resistance was made, and 

 a few shot were fired ; but the 

 fort was soon after abandoned and 

 blown up. At about eight a. m. 

 the men of war and transports 

 were anchored a little to the north- 

 ward of the peninsula of Castme, 

 and the smaller vessels taking a 

 station nearer in for covering the 

 landing, the troops were put on 

 shore, and took possession of the 

 town and works without oppo- 

 sition. 



The General wishing to occupy 

 a post at Belfast, on the western 

 side of the bay, (through which 

 the high road from Boston runs), 

 for the purpose of cutting ofl" all 

 communication with that side of 

 the country, the Bacchante and 

 Rifleman were detached with the 

 troops destined for this service, 

 and quiet possession was taken, 

 and held, of that town, as long 

 as was thoujiht necessary. 



Arrangements were immedi- 

 ately inade for attacking the fri- 

 gate at Hamden, and the Gene- 

 ral having profi'ered every military 

 assistance, six hundred picked men, 

 under the command of Lieut.- 



