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tended to remain until the boats 
returned for the rest of the troops 
to the vessels, some of . which 
grounded at a great distance. 
At about 8 o clock in the even- 
ing, wheu the men, much fa- 
tigued by the length of time they 
had been in the boats, were asleep 
in their bivouac, a heavy flanking 
fire of round and grape shot was 
opened upon them, by a large 
schooner and two gun vessels, 
which had dropped down the 
river from the town, and anchor- 
ed abreast of our fires: imme- 
diate steps were necessary to co- 
ver the men, and Colonel Thorn- 
ton, in the most prompt and judi- 
cious manner, placed his brigade 
under the inward slope of the 
bank of the river, as did also 
Licutenant-Colonel Brooke, of 
the 4th regiment, behind some 
buildings which were near that 
corps. This movement was so 
rapid that the troops suffered no 
more than a single casualty. 
The three-pounders being the 
only guns up, the success of a few 
twelve pound rockets, directed by 
Captain Lane, was tried against 
these vessels; but the ground on 
which it was necessary to lay them 
not being even, they were found 
not to answer, and their firing 
was ceased. 
A most vigorous attack was 
-then made on the advanced front 
and right flank picquets, the 
former of the 95th, under Capt. 
Hallan, the latter the 85th, un- 
der Captain Schaw; these officers 
and their respective picquets, con- 
ducted themselves with firmness 
and checked the enemy for a con- 
siderable time; but renewing their 
attack with a large force, and 
pressing at those points, Colonel 
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Thornton judged it necessary to 
move up the remainder of both 
corps. The 85th regiment was 
commanded by Brevet Major Gub- 
bings, whose conduct cannot be 
too much commended ; on the ap- 
proach of his regiment to the point 
of attack, the enemy, favoured by 
the darkness of the night, con- 
cealed themselves under a high 
fence which separated the fields, 
and calling to the meri as friends 
under pretence of being part of our 
own force, offered to assist them 
in getting over, which was no 
sooner accomplished than the 85th 
found itself in the midst of very 
superior numbers, who, discover- 
ing themselves, called on the re- 
giment immediately to surren- 
der—the answer was an instan- 
taneous attack; a more extraor- 
dinary conflict has perhaps never 
occurred, absolutely hand to hand 
both officers and men. It termi- 
nated in the repulse of the enemy 
with the capture of 30 prisoners. 
A similar ‘finesse was attempted 
with the 95th regiment, which 
met the same treatment, 
The enemy finding his reiter- 
ated attacks were repulsed by co- 
lonel Thornton, at half-past 10 
o'clock, advanced a large column 
against our centre; perceiving his 
intention, I directed Colonel Sto- 
vin to order Lieutenant-Colonel 
Dale, with 130 men of the 93rdre- 
giment, who had just reached the 
camp, to move forward and use 
the bayonet, holding the 4th regi- 
ment in hand, formed in line, 
as my last reserve. Colonel Dale 
endeavoured toexecute his orders, 
but the crafty enemy would not 
meet him, seging the steadiness 
of his small body, gave it a heavy 
fire, and quickly retired. Colonel 
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