APPENDIX TO CfJRONICLE. 



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exertions the commanding artillery 

 officer has succeeded in moving the 

 battery guns and mortars, with 

 their stores, &c. towarils the Chip^ 

 pavva, to which place I mean to 

 withdraw them for the present. 



Camp, before Fort Erie, 

 Sept. 19, 1814. 

 Sir, — I have tlie honour to re- 

 port to yon, that the enemy attack- 

 ed, on the 17th, in the afternoon, 

 at tiirte o'clock, our position before 

 Fort Erie, the second brigade, un- 

 der Colonel Fischer, composed of 

 the 8:h and De Watteville's regi- 

 ments, being on duty. 



Under cover of a heavy fire of 

 his artillery from Fort Erie, and 

 much favoured by the nature of the 

 ground, and also by the state of 

 the weather, thenin feiliing in tor- 

 rents at the moment of his ap- 

 proach, the enemy succeeded in 

 turning the right of our line of 

 picqnets without being perceived, 

 and with a very considerable force 

 attacked both the picquets and sup- 

 port in their flanks and rear ; at the 

 same time another of the enemy's 

 columns attacked in front the pic- 

 quets between No.2 and No. 3 bat- 

 teries, and having succeeded in pe- 

 netrating by No. 4 picquet, part of 

 his force turned to his left, and 

 thereby surrounded our right, and 

 got almost immediate possession of 

 No. 3 battery. The enemy then 

 directed his attacks with a very 

 superior force towards No. 2 bat- 

 tery, but the obstinate resistance 

 made by the picquets, under every 

 possible disadvantage, delayed con- 

 eiderably his getting possession of 

 No. 2 battery, in which, however, 

 he at last succeeded. 



As soon as the alarm was given, 

 the Ist brigade being the next for 



support, composed of the Royaf 

 Scots, the 82nd, and 9th reuiinents, 

 under Lieutenant Colonel Gordon, 

 received orders to march forward ; 

 and also the light demi-brigade, 

 under Lieutenant Colonel Pearson ; 

 the 6th regiment remaining in re- 

 serve under Lieutenant Colonel 

 Campbell. From the Concession- 

 road, the Royal Scots, with the 

 89th as support, moved by the 

 New-road, and met the enemy 

 near the block-house, on the right 

 of No. 3 battery, whom they en- 

 gaged, and by their steady and in- 

 trepid conduct, checked his fur- 

 ther progress. The 82nd regiment, 

 and three companies of the 6th re- 

 giment were detached to the left, 

 in order to support No. 1 and 2 bat- 

 teries : the enemy having at that 

 time possession of No. 2 battery, 

 and still pushing forward seven 

 companies of the82nd, under Major 

 Proctor, and the three companies 

 of the 6th, under Major Taylor, 

 received directions to oppose the 

 enemy's forces, and immediately 

 charged them with the most intre- 

 pid bravery, driving them back 

 across our entrenchments, and also 

 from No. 2 battery, thereby pre- 

 venting their destroying it, or da- 

 maging its guns in a considerable 

 degree ; Lieutenant Colonel Pear- 

 son, with the Glengarry light in- 

 fantry, under Lieutenant Colonel 

 Battersby, pushed forward by the 

 centre road, attacked and carried 

 with great gallantry the new in- 

 treiichment then in full possession 

 of the enemy. 



The enemy being thus repulsed 

 at every point, was forced to retire 

 with precipitaticn to their works, 

 leaving prisoners and a number of 

 their wounded in our hands. By 

 five o'clock the intrenchments 



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