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them, which was accomplished ; and that detaeh-
ment of the enemy (as I halve sincedearneol) were
prevented from joiming the main body assembled
at Hamden: On this occasion the.enemy had one
man killed; and sione Winintled. ii-ajorsCrosdaile
re-embarked ‘Yithout any loss. We arrived Oir
Bald 1-lead Cove, thrre miles distant from Ham-
den, about five o'clock, that evening, when Cap-
tain Barrie agreed with me in determining to land
the troops immediately. Having discovered that
the enemy's piques were advantageously posted
on•the north side.of the. Cove,. I directed. Brevet
Major Riddle, with the grenadiers of the 62d, and
Captain Ward, with the rifle company of the 60th,
to dislodge theme, and take up that ground, which
duty was pei formed under Major Riddle's three-
tiOns,
rin a most complete and satisfactory manner,
by abbot seven o'clock.; and before ten at night,
the whole of the troops, ineluding-eightyauarines
under -Captain•Carter,.(whom Captain Berrie had
done me the honour to attach to my command),
were ladled and•bitonacked for the .night, during
which it rained incessantly. We got under arms
at five o'clock this morning, the rifle company:
forming the advance under Captain -Ward; Bre-
vet Major Keith, with the light company of the
sixty-second, bringing np the rear, and the
taehment of marines, under Captain Carter, !nor.-
lug upon my flanks, while Captain Barrie, with
the,ships and gun-boats under his command, ad-
Vanced at the same time up the river, on'my
right, towards Ilainden. In addition to the de-
tachment of royal artillery Milder Lieutenant Gars-
ton, Captain Barrie had lauded one :sit -pounder,
a six and half-inch howitzer, and a -rocket appa-
ratus,rwith a detachment of sailors under Lieute•-
nants Symonds, Botely, and Slade, and Mr. Spad-
ing, Master of his Majesty's ship Bulwark.
The fog was so thick, it was impossible to.
form a correct idea of the features of the coun-
try, or to reconnoitre the enemy, whose number
were reported .to be fourteen hundred, under the
command of' Brigadier-Geaeral. Blake. Between
seven and eight o'clock, our skirmishers in ad-
vance were so sharply.. engaged with the enemy, •
:as to induce me t.o send forward one• half of the
light company'ortbe 29t1 regiment, under. Capt.
Coaker, to their. support. The: column had not
'advanced much further; before I discovered the
enemy drawn curt in line, occupying at ‘ery.strong
and advantageous position in front of the town of,
Hamden, his left flanked by'a high hill'command-
ing the road and river, on. which were mounted
several heavy pieces of cannon ; hi's right extend,
ing considerably beyond our left, res'ting•upon a
.strong point d'appui, with .a n eighteen-pounder and
some light field pieces in advance of his centre, so,
pointed as completely to rake the road, and a nar-
row bridge at the foot of -a hill,-by which we were
obliged to advance upon his-position. As soon as he
perceived our column approaching, he opened a very
heavy and continued fire of grape and mnsquetry
upon us ; we however soon crossed the bridge,
deployed, and charged up the bill to get posses-
sion of his guns, one of which we found had
already fallen into the hands., of Captain Ward's
riflemen in advance. The enemy's fire now .began
to slacken, and we pushed on rapidly, and Suc-
ceeded in driving him at all points from his posi,
Lion ; while Captain Coaker, with the light corn-
pany of the 29th, had, gained possession of the
hill on his left, from whence it was discovered
that the Adams frigate was on tire, and that the
enemy had deserted the battery which defended

her.
We were now in complete possession of the
enemy's. position above, and Captain Barrie with
the gun-boats had secured that -below the hill.=
.Upon this occasion twenty pieces of cannon tell
into our hands, of the naval and military force,
the return of which I enclose ; after which. Cap-
tain Barrie and myself determined on pursuing
. the. enemy towards Bangor,
_which place we
'reached without opposition ; and here two brass
three-pounders, and three •stand of colours, fell
into our. 'possession. Brigadier-General Blake,
also in this town, surrendered himself prisoner;
and,, • with other. prisoners the amount of one
hundred and twenty-one, were admitted to their
paroles. Eighty prisoners taken at Hamden are
in our encolly. The loss sustained by the enemy
I have not' had it in my power correctly to ascot.-
tain ; report states it to be from thirty to forty in
wounded and missing.
Our own loss; I am happy to add, is but small,;
viz, , one i;ank and file killed ;'one Captain, seven
rank,and file Wounded ; 'one rank and file miss-
ing. Captain Gell, of the 29th, was wounded.
when leading the column, .which deprived me of
.his active and useful' assistance but, lam happy
to add, he is recovering.
I cannot close this dispatch without mentioning
'in the highest terms all the troops placed under
',my command. They have merited my highest
praise for their zeal and :gallantry, which were
conspicuous.. in the extreme. I feel. most
.partieu-
•larly indebted to` Brevet-Major Riddall, of-the
6241 regiment, second in command.; to Brevet-
Major Keith, of the same regiment ; Brevet-
,Major Croasdaile and M.Therson, .of the
98th ; Captains Gell and Coaker, of the 29th-;
'and Capt. Ward, of the 7th batt. 60th regiment...
The royal artillery was directed in the mnstjudi-
cious manner by Lieut. Garston, from whom I
de-
rived the ablest support. I cannot speak too
highly of Captain Carter and the officers and ma-
rines under his directions. H; moved them in
. the ablest manner to the annoyance of the enemy,
and so as to meet my fullest approval,
NotlL.g could exceed the zeal and perseverance
of Lieuts. Symonds, Bote!y, and Slade, and Mr.
Snarling, of the Royal Navy, with the detachment
of seamen under their command.
From Captain Barrie I have received the ablest
assistance and support ; and it is to his masterly
arrangement of the plan that I feel indebted for
its success.. Nothing could be more cordial than
the co-operation of the naval and military forces
on this service in every instance.
Captain Carnegie, of the Royal Navy, who
most handsomely volunteered his services with this
expedition, was in action with the troops at Ham-
den) ;
,and I feel most partktdarly indebted to him
for his exertions and the assistance he afforded me
on this, occasion —I am also gteatly indebted to
Lieutenant Du Chatelet, of the 7th battalion,
60th regiment, who acted as Major of Brigade to