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ANNUAL REGISTER, IS14. 



were again occupied, and the line 

 of picquets established as it had 

 been previous to theenemy's attack. 



I have the hoiwur to inclose a 

 return of casualties, and the repoit 

 of the officer commanding tlie 

 Royal Artillery, respecting the da- 

 mage done to the ordnance and the 

 batteries, during the time they 

 were in the enemy's possession. 

 ■ I have, &c. 



L. De Watteville, Major Gen. 



Return of Casualties of' the Figfit 

 Division (>/' the armi/, in action 

 with the Enemy, Camp before 

 Fort Erie, Sept. 17, 1814. 

 General Total — 1 captain, 2 

 lieutenants, 7 serjeaiits, 105 rank 

 and file, killed ; 3 lieutenant colo- 

 nels, y captains, 10 lieutenants, 1 

 ensign, 13 serjeants, 1 drummer, 

 147 rank and file, wounded ; 2 

 majors, 4 captains, 3 lieutenants, 

 2 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 assistant- 

 surgeon, 21 Serjeants, 2 drummers, 

 280 rank and file missing. 



Extract of a Letter from Sir G. 

 Prevost to Earl Bathurst, dated 



Head-quarters, Montreal, 



October A, 1814. 



I have tlie honour to transmit to 



your Lordship the inclosed extract 



of a letter I have just received 



from Lieut. Gen. Drummond : — 



Extract of a Letter from. Lieut.- 

 General Drummond to his Ex- 

 cellency Lieut. -Gen. Sir George 

 Prevost, dated 



District Head-quarters, Falls 



of Niagara, Sept. 24, 

 The troops, fell back at 8 o'clock 



on the evening of the 21st to the 

 position alluded to in my letter of 

 that date, and bivouacked for the 

 night under torrents of rain. Soon 

 alter daylight on the 22nd the ene- 

 my discovered our movements, and 

 pushed out his picquets posted on 

 the plain opposite Black Rock, and 

 immediately retreated, after ex- 

 changing a few shots, without at- 

 tempting to molest them. Having 

 waited until two o'clock, (as vveil 

 for the purpose of giving battle to 

 the enemy should he have ventur- 

 ed out, as of t;iving time for the 

 movement of all incumbrances be- 

 hind the Black Creek,) 1 ordered 

 the troops to retire across French- 

 man's Creek, and the bridge over 

 that creek to be destroyed, A ca- 

 valry picquet was left to watch 

 this brigade; and the troops then 

 proceeded to take up the canton- 

 ments. The whole of the move- 

 ments has this day been completed ; 

 and the troops are now in com- 

 fortable quarters, where it is my 

 intention to give them a few days 

 repose. 



Foreign Office, Dec. 26, 1814. 



Mr. Baker arrived this afternoon 

 at this Office, with a Treaty of 

 Peace and Amity between his Ma- 

 jesty and the United States of Ame- 

 rica, signed at Ghent, on the 24th 

 instant, by Admiral Lord Gam- 

 bier, Henry Goulburn, Esq, and 

 William Adams, Esq. D. D. L. 

 Plenifjotentiaries of his Majesty; 

 and bj' John Quincy Adams, J. A. 

 Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Rus- 

 sell, and Albert Gallatin, Esqrs. 

 Plenipotentiaries on the . part of 

 the said United States. 



