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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



the Glengarry light infantry, under 

 Lieutenant Colonel Battersby, 

 pD&lied into tlio wood, and by their 

 superior lire diove back the ene- 

 my's hght troops. Lieut. Colonel 

 Pearson, Insputling Field Officer, 

 accora|)anied iliis part of his demi- 

 brigade, and 1 am sorry to say, re- 

 ceived a severe, though 1 hope not 

 a dangerous wound. To Major 

 General De Watteville, who com- 

 manded in camp, and by whom 

 the first directions were "iven and 

 arrangements made, I am under 

 great obligations for the judgment 

 clis()layed by him, and for his zeal 

 and exertions during tiie action. — 

 My ac;knowledgments are also due 

 to Major General Stovin, who ar- 

 livcd at my head quarters a few 

 hours before the attack, for the as- 

 sistance I received from him. I 

 cannot f.ufficiently appreciate the 

 valuable assistance which I have 

 received from Col. Myers, Deputy 

 Quarter Master General, and Lieu- 

 tenant Colonel Harvey, Deputy 

 Adjutant General, during the pre- 

 sent service, and which have been 

 of the more importance, as, from 

 my own state of health of late (in 

 consequence of my wound), I have 

 not been able to nt^e those active 

 exertions which I otherwise might. 

 I avail myself of this opportunity 

 of again expressing my sincere 

 concern at the loss which this di- 

 vision of the arm)' sustained, by 

 the accident which deprived it of 

 the services of Major General Cou- 

 ran, from whose energy and abi- 

 lity much was justly to be expect- 

 ed. To Major Glegg, Assistant 

 Adjutant General ; to Captains 

 Chambers and Powell, Deputy As- 

 sistants Quarter Master General ; 

 to Captain Foster, Plilitary Secre- 

 tary ; Lieutenant Colonel Hager- 



man. Provincial Aide de Camp, 

 and to Lieutenant Nesfield, 89th 

 regiment, acting Aide de Camp, 

 who have rendered n)e every as- 

 sistance in their respective situa- 

 tions, my best acknowledgments 

 are due; they are likewise due to 

 Major D' Alton, Brigade Major, 

 with the right division, for his uni- 

 form correctness, zeal, and atten- 

 tion to his duty. 



To Lieutenant Colonel Camp- 

 hell, of the Gth regiment, I am 

 also mudi indebted, as well in 

 his capacity of Commanding Offi- 

 cer of that excellent corps, as in 

 that of senior officer of the reserve 

 of this divi^ion. Color.el Fischer, 

 of De Watteville's regiment, and 

 Lieutenant Colonel Ogilvie, of the 

 King's, are entitled to my thanks. 

 The zeal and exertions of Major 

 Phillot, commanding the Royal 

 Artillery ; Captains Walker and 

 Sabine, and the officers and men of 

 that corps, have been unremitting, 

 and merit every commendation. I 

 have reason to be pleased with the 

 activity and zeal which Major 

 Lisle, and the officers and men of 

 the squadron of the 19th light dra- 

 goons, have uniformly displayed. 



The enemy, it is now ascertain- 

 ed, made the sortie with his whole 

 force, which, including the militia 

 volunteers by which he has lately 

 been joined, could not consist of 

 less than five thousand. About 

 two hundred prisoners fell into our 

 hands, and 1 cannot estimate the 

 enemy's loss in killed and wound- 

 ed at less than that number. 



The dreadful state of the roads 

 and of the weather, it having poured 

 with rain almost incessantly for the 

 last ten days, renders every move- 

 ment of ordnance or heavy stores 

 exceedingly difficult. By great 



