Q56 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



braces about one hundred miles of 

 sea-coast, and includes that inter- 

 mediate tract of country which 

 separates the province of New 

 Brunswick from Lower Canada. 



We have taken twenty-six pieces 

 of ordnance, serviceable and unser- 

 viceable, with a proportion of arms 

 and ammunition, returns of which 

 are enclosed ; and I have the pleas- 

 ing satisfaction to add, that this 

 service has been effected without 

 the loss-©f a man on our part. 



I cannot refrain from express- 

 ing, in the strongest manner, the 

 admirable steadiness and good con- 

 duct of the 29th regiment, under 

 Major Hodge. The advance, un- 

 der Major Todd, are also entitled 

 to my warmest thanks. 



A detachment of thirty seamen 

 from his Majesty's ship Bacchante, 

 under Mr. Bruce, master's mate, 

 were attached to the royal artillery 

 under the command of Lieutenant 

 Daniell, of that corps, for the pur- 

 pose of dragging the howitzer, as 

 no other means could be procured 

 to bring it forward ; and to their 

 unwearied exertions, and the judi- 

 cious arrangement of Lieutenant 

 Daniell, I am indebted for having a 

 five and a half inch howitzer con- 

 veyed through a country the most 

 difficult of access I ever witnessed. 



To Captain Parker, of his Ma- 

 jesty's ship Tenedos, who com- 

 manded the squadron, I feel every 

 obligation ; and I can assure you 

 the most cordial understanding has 

 subsisted between the two branches 

 of the service. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 A. PiLKiNGTON, Lieut.-Col. 

 Deputy Adjutant Gen. 

 To Lieut. Geo. Sir J. C. Sher- 

 brooke, K. B. &c. 



COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. 



Doicnmg-slreet, Nov. 16. 

 Extract of a dispatch from Lieu- 

 tenant General Sir George Pre- 

 vost, Bart, to Earl Bathurst, 

 dated head-quarters. 



Montreal, Sept. 30, 1814., 

 I have the honour to transmit to 

 your Lordship the enclosed copy 

 of a dispatch I have received from 

 Lieut. General Drummond, re- 

 porting the result of a sortie made 

 by the enemy, with a large pro- 

 portion of his force from Fort Erie, 

 on the 17th inst. in which the very 

 superior numbers of the American 

 army were at length repulsed with 

 great loss, by the intrepid valour 

 and determined bravery of the di- 

 vision of troops under the Lieute- 

 nant General's command. A copy 

 of Major General De Watteville's 

 report, and the return of killed, 

 wounded, and missing, on the oc- 

 casion, are annexed; and although 

 in this affair we have suffered a 

 considerable loss, it will be satis- 

 factory to your Lordship to learn 

 that Lieutenant Gen. Drummond 

 represents the conduct and spirit 

 displayed by the officers and men 

 engaged as deserving of his highest 

 commendation. 



Extract of a letter from Lieute- 

 nant General Drummond to 

 Lieutenant General Sir G. Pre- 

 vost, dated 



Catnp before Fort Erie, 



Sept. 19, 1814. 



My letter to your Excellency of 



the 17th gave a short account of 



the result of an attack made by 



the enemy on my batteries and 



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