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truth say, that Ithink he possesses 
every qualification to render him 
hereafter one of the brightest or- 
naments of his profession. 
I cannot conclude without ex- 
pressing how much indebted the 
armyis to Rear Admiral Malcolm, 
who had the immediate charge of 
landing and re-embarking the 
troops: he remained on shore to 
the last, and by his abilities and 
activity smoothed every difficulty. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) 
Joun LAMBERT, 
Major General Commandant. 
To the Right Hon. Earl 
Bathurst, &c. 
P. S. I regret to have to report, 
that during the night of the 25th, 
in very bad weather, a boat con- 
taining two officers, viz. Lieute- 
nant Brydges, and Cornet Ham- 
mond, with thirty-seven of the 
14th light dragoons, unfortunately 
fell into the hands of the enemy, 
off the mouth of the Regolets ; 
I have not been able to ascertain 
correctly the particular circum- 
Stances, 
Return of Casualtiesin Action with 
the Enemy near New Orleans, on 
the 23rd and 24th of December, 
1814. 
Total—4: captains, 1 lieutenant, 
7 serjeants, 1 drummer, 33 rank 
and file, killed; 1 lieutenant co- 
lone], 1 major, 2 captains, 8 lieu- 
tenants, 10 serjeants, 4 drummers, 
141 rank and file, wounded; 1 ma- 
jor, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, 3 ser- 
jeants, 58 rank and file, missing. 
Return of Casualties between the 
25th and 31st December, 1814. 
Total—1 captain, 1 drummer, 
14 rank and file, killed; 1 lieu- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1815. 
tenant, 2 ensigns, 1 serjeant, 34 
rank and file, wounded; 2 rank 
and file missing. 
Return of Casualties between the 1st 
and 5th of January, 1815. 
Total—3 lieutenants, 2 ser- 
jeants, 27 rank and file, killed; . 
4 lieutenants, 40 rank and file, 
wounded ; 2 rank and file miss- 
ing. 
Return of Casualties on the 8th of 
January, 1815. 
Total loss—1. major general, 
1 lieutenant colonel, 2 majors, 
5 captains, 2 lieutenants, 2 en- 
signs, 11 serjeants, 1 drummer, 
266 rank and file, killed; 2 ma- 
jor generals, 8 lieutenant colonels, 
2 majors, 18 captains, 38 lieu- 
tenants, 9 ensigns, 1 staff, 54 ser- 
jeants, 9 drummers, 1126 rank 
and file, wounded; $3 captains, 
12 lieutenants, 13 serjeants, 4 
drummers, 452 rank and file 
inissing. 
Frep. STOVIN, 
Lieut. Col. Dep. Adj. Gen. 
Return. of Casualties between the 
9th and 26th of January, 1815. 
Total—1 rank and file killed ; 
1 lieutenant, 1 serjeant, 3 rank 
and file, wounded. 
Return of the Ordnance taken 
from the enemy by a detach- 
ment of the army acting on the 
Right Bank of the Mississippi 
under the command of Colonel 
Thornton. 
Redoubt, Right bank of the 
Mississippi, Jan. 8, 1815. 
1 brass ten-inch howitzer, 2 
brass four-pounder field pieces, 
3 twenty-four pounders, 3 twelve- 
pounders, 6 nine-pounders, 1 
