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ing induced General Lambert to 
send orders to Colonel Thornton 
to retire, after spiking the guns 
and destroying the carriages, the 
whole were re-embarked and 
brought back, and the boats by 
a similar process of hard labour 
were again dragged into the ca- 
nal, and from thence to the 
Bayone, conveying at the same 
time such of the wounded as it 
was thought requisite to send off 
to the ships. 
Major-General Lambert having 
determined to withdraw the army, 
measures were taken to re-em- 
bark the whole of the sick and 
wounded, that it was possible to 
move, and the stores, ammuni- 
tion, ordnance, &e. with such de- 
tachments of the army, sea- 
men, and marines, as were not 
immediately wanted: in order 
that the remainder of the army 
might retire unencumbered, and 
the last division be furnished with 
sufficient means of transport. 
This arrangment being in a 
forward state of execution, I 
quitted head-quarters on the 14th 
instant, leaving Rear - Admiral 
Malcolm to conduct the naval part 
of the operations in that quarter, 
and I arrived at this anchorage on 
the 16th, where I am arranging 
for the reception of the army, 
and preparing the fleet for further 
operations. 
I must in common with the 
nation lament the loss which the 
service has sustained by the death 
of Major-General the Hon. Sir. 
Edward Pakenham, and Major- 
General Gibbs. Their great mi- 
litary qualities were justly esti- 
mated while living, and their 
zealous devotion to our country’s 
ANNUAL REGISTER, I815. 
welfare will be cherished as an 
example to future generations. 
In justice to the officers and 
men of the squadron under my 
command who have been employ- 
ed upon this expedition, I cannot 
omit to call the attention of my 
Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 
miralty to the laborious exertions - 
and great privations which have 
been willingly and cheerfully 
borne by every class, for a period 
of nearly six weeks. 
From the 12th of December, 
when the boats proceeded to the 
attack of the enemy’s gun-ves- 
sels, to the present time, but very 
few of the officers or men have 
ever slept one night on board 
their ships. 
The whole of the army, with 
the principal part of its provi- 
sions, its stores, artillery, ammu- 
nition, and the numerous neces- 
sary appendages, have been all 
transported from the shipping to _ 
the head of the Bayone, a distance 
of seventy miles, chiefly in open 
boats, and are now re-embark- 
ing by the same process. ‘The 
hardships, therefore, which the 
boats’ crews have undergone, 
from their being day and night 
continually passing and re-pass- 
ing in the most changeable and 
severe weather, have rarely been 
equalled ; and it has been highly 
honourable to both services, and 
most gratifying to myself, to ob- 
serve the emulation and unanimi- 
ty which have pervadedthe whole. 
Rear-AdmiralMalcolmsuperin- 
tended the disembarkation of the 
army, and the various services 
performed by the boats ; and it is 
a duty that I fulfil with much plea 
sure, assuring their lordships that 
