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London, England, 1814-09-28 00:00:00

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taiitain Ilobytis, tvhii bad got .possession of Pig
Point witliout•resistance, now spreading -his men
through the country; the enemy retreated. to a
distance, and left us in quiet possession of the
town, the neighbourhood, and our priieS. •
A large quantity of tobacco having been found
in the town E Pig Point, I have left Capt.- Ito-
byns, with the marines, and Capt, Noursp, with
two, divisions of the boats, to hold the place, and
ship the tObacco into the prizes; and I , have
moved back with the third division to tbis point,
to enable me to confer•on •ont• future operations,
.with the Major-General, who has been good
enough to send his Aide-de-camp to inform me
of his safe arrival, with the army under his com-
mand, at Upper Marlborough.,
In congratulating you, Sire which I do most sin-..
cerely, on the complete destruction of this flotilla
of-the enemy., which, has lately' occupied so much
of , our attention, I must beg► to be permitted
to a.-.sure you', tharthe-cheerful and-indefatigable
exertions on this occasion, of Captains Wain-
! wright, Nourse, and-Palmer, and of Captain Sul-
livan, the other Commanders, Officers, and men
in the boats you have' placed under my orders,
j• most justly entitle them to My warmest acknow-
ledgments and my earnest recommendation to
Iyotir faVottrable notice.

The enemy hittiself, on our entering the town;
set•tire to the.navy yard (filled with naval stores),
a frigate of the largest class, almost ready for
launching, and a sloop.of war lying off it, as. he
also. did to the,fort which _protected the sea-ap-
proach to Washington.
On taking possession, of the city, we also set
fire to the President's Palace, the Treasury, -and
the War-office ; and in the morning Captain
Wainwright went with a party to sec that the de-
struction in the Navy-yard was complete, *hen
he destroyed whatever stores and buildings had
escaped the flames.of the preceding night ; a large
quantity of ammunition and ordnance stores were
likewise destroyed by us in the arsenal, as were
about 200 pieces of artillery of different calibres,
as well as a vast_ quantity of small arms. Two
rope-walks, of a very extensive nature, full Of
tar-rope, &c. situated at a considerable distance
front the yard, were likewise set fire to and con-
sinned ; in' short, Sir, I do not believe a -vestige
of public property, or a
,store of any kind; which
could be converted to the use of the Government,
escaped destruction ; the bridge's across -the East-
ern Branch and the Potowasack, were likewise
destoyed.. This general' 'devastation being • com-
pleted during the day of the 25th, we marched
agaia at nine at night on our return, by Bladens-
berg, to Upper Marlborough.
We arrived yesterday evening at the latter
without molestation of any sort, indeed without a
single musket having been fired; and this moroing
,we moved on to this place, where have fOund
his Majesty's sloop Manly, the tenders antl•the
boats, and I have hoisted my flag pro tempore,
the former. The troops will ppobahly 'smith to-,
Morrow, or the next day at farthest, to Benedict•
for re-embarkation, and this flotilla will of course
join you at thessatne time. •
Inelosing,.Sir, sny statement to you, of the ar-
'duous and highly important operations of this last
week, I have a most pleasing duty to perform,:in
assuring you of the good conduct of the Officers
and men who have' been serving under me. I
have been particularly indebted, whilst on this
service, to Captain Wainwright, of the 'Formant;
for the assistance he has invariably afforded me ;
and to Captains Palmer and Money, for their ex-
ertions during the march to and from Washing-
ton. To Captain Nouse, who has commanded
the flotilla during my, absence, my acknowledg-
ments are also most austly'due, as well' as to Cap-
tains Sullivan, Badcock; Somerville, Ramsay, and
Bruce, who have acted in it under him.
. Lieutenant James Scott, now FirSt Lieutenant
of the Albion, has on this occasion, rendered me
essential services, -and' as I have had reason so-
often of late to mention to you the gallant and
meritorious conduct of this Officer, I trust you
will permit me to seize this opportunity,Of recom-
mending him particularly.t6 your favourable au-
tice and consideration.
Captair' Rohyns (the Senior Officer of IViaribes,
with the fleet), who has. hzui, (luring theSe•opera-,
tions, the marines of the ships united under his
orders, has executed ably and zealously the several
services with which he has been entrusted, and
is entitled to my best acknowledgments accord-
inrir; as is also Captain Harrison of the marine
artillery, Who, with the Officers and men attach-
ed to him, accompanied the army to and from
/Washington. • •
Mr. Dohie, Surgeon of the Melpomene, volun-
teered his professional services on this occasion,
and rendered much assistance to the wounded on
the field of battle, as well as to many of the men
taken ill on the line of maech.
One colOniaLmarine killed, one master's mate,
two sedeants,. and three colonial marines wound-
ed, are 'the casualties,sustained by the naval de-
partrilent ; a general list of the killed and wounded
of the whole army will, 'of course, accompany the
report of the Major-General.
1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. COCKBURN, Rear Admiral.
"(Ike-Admiral the Sir A. Cochrane, K. 13. &c.l
P. S. Two long six-pounder guns, intended for
a battery at Nottingham, were taken off and put on
hoard the Brune, and one taken at Upper'Marls
borough,,was destroyed'.

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I, have the honour to be, &c.
(signed) G. COCKLIURN, near-Admiral.
The Hon. Sir 4. Cochrane, K. IL ilsc.

H.M. Sloop Manly, off Nottingham, Patuxent, Aug. 27.
have the honour to inform you tllat,
agreeably to the intentions I notified to you in my
letter of the 22d inst. I proceeded by land on the
morning -of the 23d to Upper Marlborough, to
meet and confer with Major-General Ross as to
our further operations against the enemy, and we
were not _long hi agreeing oa the propriety of
making an immediate attempt on the city of
Washington.
In conformity;-therefore, with the wishes of the
General, I instantly ;sent orders for our marine
and naval forces at Pig Point, to be forthwith
moved over to Mount Calvert, and for the ma-
rines, _marine artillery, and a proportion of the
seamen to be there landed, and with the utmost
pbssible expedition to join the army, which I also
most readily agreed to accompany.
The Major-General then made his dispositions,
and arranged that Captain Robynsi with the ma-
rines of the ships, should retain possession of
Upper Marlborough, and. that. the marine artil7
lery and
.seamen should follow the army to the
ground it was' to occupy for the night. The army
then moved on, and bivonaked before dark, about
five miles nearer Washington.
In the night, Captain Palmer of the Heb'rtis,
and Captain Money, of the Trave, joined us with
the seamen and witlit the marine artillery, under
Captain Harrison. Captain Wainwright, of the
Tonnant, bad accompanied me the day before ;
as had also Lieut. James Scott (Acting First Lieu-
tenant) of the -
At dnylight, the morning of the 24th,• the
Major,General again put the army in motion, di-
recting his march upon Blandensherg ; on reach-
ing which place, with the advanced brigade, the
enemy was discOiered dravC•ri up in force on a
rising, ground beyond the town ; and by the fire
he sc.mii opened on us as we entered the place,
gave us to understand he was well protected with
art illery. (jet). Ross, however, did not hesitate in
immediately a,ivanciag to attack him, although-04
troops were alm,,stexhatisted with thelatigaeof the-
marcktheyhad just made, and but a small propor-
tion of our little army had vet got up; this dashing
measure was, however, I am happy to add, crowned
With the success it merited ; for, in spite of the gall-
ing fire of the enemy, mar troops advanced stea-
dily on both .his in his front; and as
soon as'they arrivvil on even ground with hid], he
fled in every direction, leavings behind him ten
pieces of cannon, and a considerable number of
killed and wounded, amongst the latter commo-
dore Barney, and several. (Wier. officers : souse
other prisoners were also taken, though not many,
owing to the swiftness with which the enemy went,
off, and the fatigues our army! had previOusly un-
dergone.

It AVINIId, Sir, be deemed presumption in me
to attempt to give you parti,iular details respect-
ing :the nature of this battle; I shall, therefore,
only remark generally, that the enemy, 80007'
strong, on ground he have chosen as best adapted
for him to defend,.wherz he had had time to erect
his batteries, and concert all his measures, was
dislodged as soon as reached, and a victory gained MIDSHIPMAN or. HIS MAJESTY'S .13RIG.W0P.
over him by a, division of the British army, not Never was bravery more conspicuous,. and never
amounting to more than 1,500 men,, headed by did soldiers behave • 1110 re gallantly. They ad-
our gallant General, whose brilliant achievement. vanoed through a narrow defile under a dreadful
of this day it is beyond my power to du justice fire from the American artillery and musketry; on
to, and indeed no possible comment could en- coining, to the foot of the hill, the Americans gave
hance.
, three cheers, and. fired a tremendous' volley, ap-
The seamen, with the- guns, were, to their Pearl'ig,nsifit wa's, anexpiring eflo-rt ; theycharged'
,
great mortification, with the rear-division during up the' hill, some dying, whilst others tell through
fatigue (the, day being dreadful hot). Oo ayriv-
this shirt but decisive action : those, ,however,*
attached to the rocket brigade werein the battle, ....,ng at the moment, the Americans &inn all di-
and I remarked with inuch-' pleasure the precision ructions, with Mr. Madison 'at their head. We
with which the, rockets were thrown by them, un-
took possession of all the cannon, and pursued the
der the direction of First Lieutenant Lawrence, flying enemy; took Commodore Barney previous-
of the Marine Artillery ; Mr. Jeremiah M'Daniel, ly, who was mortally woanded:
. .
On the remainder of 'the army coming.up, tee
mate of the Tonnant, a very fine young
se-
continued our march, and towards evening we
man, ' who was attached to this party, being se-
verely wounded, I beg permission to recommend entered Washington
.without any further opposi-
him to- your favourable consideration. The ,coln-
tion. We, immediately went to all the public
buildings, and to Mr. Madison's house in the ca-
pany of ivarines I have on so many occasions had
cause to mention to you, commanded by First
pitol, and blew up the dock-yard, destroyed a 6U-
Lieut. Stephens, was also in the action, as were gun frigate and a sloop of war, that were just
ready for launching. When the General entered
the colonial marines, under the temporary cum-
My. Madison's house, he found the table spread
mend of Captain Reed, of the 6th West India re-
for dinner, and. all the fruit and wines in cool.
giment (these companies being. attached to the
light brigade), and they respectively behaved with The Officers regaled themselves with whatever
they wanted, and Oleo set fire to the house. Pri.
their accustomed zeal and bravery. None other
vate houses were respected, 'except the Josephine
of the naval department were fortunate enough to
Hotel, one of the most beautiful hotels ever boitt.-
arrive up in time to take their share in this battle,
it - was burnt. We remained ii,posseash),.. ,of
excepting Capt. Palmer, of the liebrus, with his
Aid-de-Camp,' Mr. Arthur Wakefield, Midship- Washington 23 hours, when finding there was no-
manthing more to do, we' commenced our retreat on
of that ship, and Lieut. James Scott, First
of the Albion, who acted as my Aid-de-Camp, the evening of the'26th, not having been in the
and remained with-me during the whole time'.
. least molested in our retreat by the Americans.
• The contest being completely ended, and the
We embarked the troop.s, that night and the
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fol-
enemy having retired- from the field, the General lowing day on board our respective ships. The
General,• during the action, behaved most gal,
gave the, army about tw_o hours rest, when lee General,
moved forward on to Washington ; it was lantly, riding through the , ranks, cheering the
however dark before we reached that city, and on soldiers. 'He had three horses shot
\under him. It
is supposed we shall attack Portsmouth, or New,
the General,. myself, and some Of advancing
a short way past the first houses of the' town, London , it fortune favour us much as it has, we
shall do great things:
without being accompanied by, the troops,. the

PRIVATE ACCOONT,---FROM A 'LETTER OF A YOUNG

Onetny OpenectuTion•itt.a heavy tird ninscinefi'y;
fron► the capitol and two other houses these
'Were, tiftr,2i.ore; hintost iminediiltely stormed by
Our people, takenspossessi,ou df; and Set On fire;
after which the town Submittal Without furtheis
resistance.