252 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



Being separated from them, I can- 

 not transmit at present a list of killed 

 and wounded. Mr. Charles M'Kay, 

 the first lieutenant, and Mr. 

 Stephens, the master, have died 

 of their wounds. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



T. Whinyates. 

 To the Right Hon. Sir 

 J. B. Warren, Bart. &c. 



His Majesty's ship Poictiers, 

 at sea, Oct. IStk. 

 Sir ; — I have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, that his Majesty's ship 

 under my command has this day 

 captured the American sloop of war 

 Wasp, of twenty guns, Captain 

 Jacob Jones, and retaken his Ma- 

 jesty's brig Frolic, Captain Whin- 

 yates, which she had captured, af- 

 ter an action of fifty minutes. I 

 have thought it my duty to collect 

 the Frolic's convoy, and to see 

 them in safely to Bermuda. The 

 conduct of Captain Whinyates, 

 who, I regret to say, is wounded, 

 and of his crew, appears to have 

 been so decidedl)' gallant, that I 

 have been induced to continue him 

 in command of the Frolic, until 

 your pleasure is known. I have 

 the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed). J. P. Beresford. 



Admiral Sir J. B Warren, Bart. 

 K.B. Commander-in-Chief, &c. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Friday, November 27th. 



COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. 



Dotuning-Street, Nov. Q,lth. 

 Captain Fulton, aide-de-camp to 

 Lieutenant-General Sir G. Pre- 

 Tost, arrived late last night, with a 

 dispatch from that officer, address- 

 ed to Earl Cathurst, one of his 



Majesty's principal Secretaries of 

 State, of which the following is a 

 copy :— 



Head-quarters, Montreal, 

 Oct. 2\st. 1812. 

 My Lord ; — I have the satisfac- 

 tion of reporting to your lordship, 

 that his Majesty's forces, aided by 

 the militia and Indians stationed 

 on the Niagara frontier, have com- 

 pletely repelled a second attempt 

 of the enemy to invade Upper Ca- 

 nada, and that a victory has been 

 gained which has left in our pos- 

 session nine hundred of the Ame- 

 rican army, and their commander, 

 Brigadier-GeneralWadsworth, who 

 surrendered himself on the field of 

 battle to Major-General Sheaffe. 

 His Majesty and the country have 

 to deplore the loss of an able and 

 most gallant officer in Major-Ge- 

 neral Brock, who fell early in the 

 battle, at the head of the flank 

 companies of the 49th regiment, 

 while nobly encouraging them to 

 sustain their position, in opposition 

 to an infinitely superior force, until 

 the reinforcements he had ordered 

 to their support should arrive. For 

 further particulars of this splendid 

 affair, I beg leave to refer your 

 lordship to Major-General Sheafte's 

 report, herewith transmitted. I 

 also transmit a general order I nave 

 just issued to the forces in the 

 British American provinces on the 

 occasion of this important success, 

 as it contains a statement of the 

 services rendered by all who had 

 the good fortune to maintain on 

 that day the fame of his Majes- 

 ty's arms, and to convince our 

 deluded neighbours, that their su- 

 periority of numbers cannot inti- 

 midate his Majesty's army, nor 

 shake the fidelity of his Canadian 

 subjects. 



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