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Not having received the return 

 of the killed and wounded on the 

 13th, nor that of the ordnance and 

 stores captured from the enemy, I 

 am under the necessity of defer- 

 ring sending them to your lordship 

 until the next opportunity, when I 

 also expect to forward the colours 

 taken from the Americans, to be 

 laid at the feet of his Royal High- 

 ness the Prince Regent. 



Capt. Fulton, my aide-de-camp, 

 will have the honour of delivering 

 this dispatch to your lordship. He 

 is very capable of affording such 

 information as your lordship may 

 require respecting the state of his 

 Majesty's Canadian provinces. 



Eight companies of the Glengary 

 levy are in motion to reinforce Up- 

 per Canada. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) George Prevost. 

 Commander of the Forces. 



Fort George, Oct. 13, 

 Sir, — I have the honour of in- 

 forming your excellency, that the 

 enemy made an attack with a con- 

 siderable force this morning befoi-e 

 daylight, on the position of Queens- 

 town. On receiving intelligence 

 of it, Major-General Brock imme- 

 diately proceeded to that post, and 

 I am excessively grieved in having 

 to add, that he fell whilst gallantly 

 cheering his troops to an exertion 

 for maintaining it. With him the 

 position was lost; but the enemy 

 was not allowed to retain it 

 long. Reinforcements having been 

 sent up from this post, composed 

 of regular troops, militia, and In- 

 dians, a movement was made to 

 turn his left, while some artillery, 

 under the able direction of Captain 

 Holcroft, supported by a body of 

 infantry, engaged his attention in 



front. This operation was aided, 

 too, by the judicious position which 

 Norton, and the Indians with him, 

 had taken on the woody brow of 

 the high ground above Queens- 

 town. A communication being 

 thus opened with Chipawa, a junc- 

 tion was formed with succours that 

 had been ordered from that post. 

 The enemy was then attacked, and 

 after a short but spirited conflict, 

 was completely defeated. I had 

 the satisfaction of receiving the 

 sword of their commander, Briga- 

 dier-General Wadsworth, on the 

 field of battle; and many officers, 

 with upwards of nine hundred men, 

 were made prisoners, and more 

 may yet be expected. A stand of 

 colours and one six-pounder were 

 also taken. The action did not 

 terminate till nearly three o'clock 

 in the afternoon, and their loss in 

 killed and wounded must have 

 been considerable. Our's I believe 

 to have been comparatively small 

 in numbers ; no officer was killed 

 besides Major-General Brock, one 

 of the most gallant aad zealous of- 

 ficers in his Majesty's service, 

 whose loss cannot be too much de- 

 plored, and Lieutenant-Colonel 

 M'Donnell, provincial aide-de- 

 camp, whose gallantry and merit 

 rendered him worthy of his chief. 



Captains Dennis and Williariis, 

 commanding the flank companies 

 of the 49th regiment, which were 

 stationed at Queenstown, were 

 wounded, bravely contending at 

 the head of their men, against su- 

 perior numbers ; but I am glad to 

 have it in my power to add, that 

 Captain Dennis fortunately was 

 able to keep the field, though with 

 pain and difficulty ; and Captain 

 Williams's wound is not likely to 

 deprive mc long of his services. 



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