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nefit from his activity, zeal, and 
judgment. I regret to have to 
add that he was very severely 
wounded and had his leg ame 
putated in the course of the 
night. 
The indefatigable zeal and in- 
telligence displayed by Lieute- 
nants Peddie and Evans, of the 
Quarter-Master-General’s depart- 
_ment, entitle them to the most fa- 
vourable consideration. 
Assistant Commissary General 
Wemyss’s arrangements were sa- 
tisfactory, and Deputy Inspector 
Thompson claims my best acknow- 
_ledgments, for the care and atten- 
tion shown the wounded: the 
whole of whom were collected, 
dressed, and comfortably lodged 
before two in the morning. 
Major Mills, of the 14th light 
dragoons, accompanied me on 
shore ; from him, Captain Perse, 
my aid-de-camp, and the Hon. 
Lieutenant Curzon, naval aid= 
de-camp, I received every assis- 
tance. 
Trusting that the steps I pur- 
sued while in command, will meet 
your approbation, 
I have the honour to be, &c. . 
(Signed) 
Joun Keane, Maj. Gen. 
Major General the hon. Sir 
_E. Pakenham, K.B. &c. 
Redoubt, on the right Bank of the 
Mississippi, Jan. 8, 1815. 
Sir,—I lose no time in reporting 
to you the success of the troops 
which you were yesterday pleased 
to place under my orders, with the 
view of attacking the enemy's re- 
doubt and position on this side of 
| the river. 
| It is within your own know- 
ledge, that the difficulty had been 
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found so extremely great of drag- 
ging the boats through the canal, 
which had been lately cut with so 
much labour to the Mississippi, 
that, notwithstanding every pos- 
sible exertion for the purpose, we 
were unable to proceed across the 
river until eight hours after the 
time appointed, and even then, 
with only a third part of the force 
which you had allotted for the 
service. 
The current was so strong, and 
the difficulty, in consequence, of 
keeping the boats togetherso great, 
that we only reached this side of 
the river at day break, and by the 
time the troops were disembarked 
which was elfected without any 
molestation from the enemy, I 
perceived by the flashes of the 
guns that your attack had already 
commenced. 
This circumstance made me ex- 
tremely anxious to move forward 
to prevent the destructive enfi- 
lading fire, which would of course 
be opened on your columns from 
the enemy's batteries on this side; 
and I proceeded with the greatest 
possible expedition, strengthened 
and secured on my right flank by 
three gun boats, under Captain 
Roberts, of the navy, whose zeal 
and exertions on thisoccasion were 
as unremitting as his arrangements 
in embarking the troops, and in 
keepingthe boatstogether in cross- 
ing the river, were excellent. 
The enemy made no opposition 
to our advance, until we reached 
a picquet, posted behind a bridge; 
at about 500 paces from the house 
in the Orange-grove, and secured 
by a small work, apparently just 
thrown up. 
This picquet was verysoon forc- 
ed and driven in by adivision of the 
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