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position on that day. I have now 

 the honour to transmit a copy of 

 Major General De Watteville's re- 

 port, together with a return of 

 killed, wounded, and missing, on 

 that occasion. 



To the information which your 

 Excellency will derive from those 

 documents, I have to add, that as 

 60on as the liring was heard, I pro- 

 Cfedtd towards the advance, and 

 found the troops had moved from 

 camp, and the Royals and 89th 

 had been pushed by Major Gene- 

 ral De Watteville into tlie wood 

 on tile rii^ht towards No. 3 bat- 

 tery, and that the 82nd was moving 

 to the support of the batteries on 

 the left. At tiiis moment it was 

 reported to me that the enemy had 

 gained possession of the batteries 

 So. 2 and 3, and that our troops 

 were falhng hack ; a re[)ort "hicli 

 the appioaih of the lire confirmed 

 (your Excellency will h;ive in re- 

 collection that the whole line of 

 operations lay in a thick wood) ; 

 I immediately directed Lieutenant 

 Colonel Ciirapbell to detach one 

 wing oftheGlh regiment to sup- 

 port the 82nd in an attack which I 



1 ordered to be made for the reco- 

 •very of battery No. 2. I directed 

 Major Genera! De Watteville to 

 superintend this movement; Ma- 

 jor General Stovin took the direc- 

 tion of the troops and guns left in 

 reserve. I threw forward the 

 Glengarry light infantrj' into the 

 wood in front of the centre, to 

 check the advance of the enemy, 

 and support the troops retiring 

 from that point ; both these move- 



1 nients were executed to my entire 

 Batibfaction, and being combined 

 with a judicious attack made b)' 

 Lieutenant Colont.l Gordon, with 

 ^rt of the 1st brigade, consisting 

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of the 1st battalion of the Royal 

 Scots, supported by the 89th ; the 

 enemy was every where driven 

 back, and our batteries and en- 

 trenchments regained, not, how- 

 ever, before he had disabled the 

 guns in No. 3 battery and explod- 

 ed its magazine. The enemy did 

 not again attempt to make a stand, 

 but retreated in great disorder to 

 the fort, and was followed by our 

 troops to the glacis of the place. 



To M;ijor General De Watte- 

 ville's report 1 must refer your Ex- 

 cellency for the cause of the ene- 

 my's success in the first instance, 

 viz. the overwhelming number of 

 the enemy, to wliich we had only 

 the King's and De Wuttevi lie's re- 

 giments to oi)pose. The spirit 

 which the troops displayed in all 

 the subsequent operations deserves 

 the highest commendations, and 

 entitles them to my warmest ap- 

 probation. I have only to regret 

 that the scene of action (a thick 

 wood) was so unfavourable to the 

 display of the valuable qualities 

 which are inherent in British 

 troops. 1 he charge made by the 

 82nd regiment under Major Proctor, 

 and detachments of the Oth under 

 Major Taylor, led to the recovery 

 of the battery No. 2, and very 

 much decided the precipitate retro- 

 grade movement made by the ene- 

 my from the different points of our 

 position, of which he had gained a 

 short possession. > 



Major General De Watteville re- 

 ports most favourably of the stea- 

 diness evinced by the 1st Battalion 

 Royal Scots, under Lieutenant Co- 

 lonel Gordon (commanding 1st 

 brigade), and the remains of the 

 2nd battalion 89th, under Captain 

 Basden. I myself witnessed the 

 good order and spirit with which 



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