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for disembarking the troops and covering their 'mill-
ing : and the whole placed under the command of
Captain Barrie, of the Dragon ; and the Lieutenant-
Colonel made sail up the river at :is o'clock that
evening.
I have the honour to enclose Captain Barrie's ac-
count of his proceedings ; and taking into considera-
tion the enemy's force, and the formidable strength of
his position, too much praise cannot be given bin, the
officers and men under his command. for the judg-
ment, decision, and gallantry with which this little en-
terprise has been achieved.
So soon as accounts were received from Captain
Barrie that the Adams was destroyed, and the force
assembled for her protection dispersed, the troops sta-
tioned at Belfast, were embarked, and arrangements
made for sending them to take possession of Machias,
the only place occupied by the enemy's troops, be-
tween this and Passamaquaddy Bay. I directed Cap.
tain Parker, of his Majesty's ship Tenedos, to receive
on board Lieutenant-Colonel Pilkington, Deputy
Adjutant General, who is appointed to command, and
a small detachment of artillery and riflemen, and to
take under his command the Bacchante, Rifleman,
and Picton schooner, and proceed to the attack of that
place. He sailed on the 6th instant, and most likely,
by this time the troops are in possession of it. After
destroying the defences they are directed to return
here.

• The inhabitants of several townships east of this
have sent deputations here to tender their submission
to the British authority ; and such of them as could
give reasonable security that their arms would be
used only for the protection of their persons and pro:
perty, have been allowed to retain them. This in-
dulgence was absolutely necessary, in order to secure
the quiet and unotranding against violence and out-
rage from their less peaceable neighbours, and for
the maintenance of the peace and tranquillity of the
country. All property on shore has fide belonging
to the inhabitants of the country in our possession,
has been respected. AB public property, and all pro-
' perty afloat, has been confiscated.
Sir John Sherbrooke conceiving it to. be of impor-
tance that the Government should be informed, with-
out delay, of our successes here, has requested that a
vessel of war may take his dispatches to England.
I have, in compliance with his wishes, appropriated
the Marten for that service, and Captain Senhouse
will take a copy of this letter to the Secretary of the
Admiralty.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ICDW. GRIFFITH.
To Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander
Cochrane, K. B. &c &e. &c.

His Majesty's Sloop Sylph, off langor,
in the Penobscot, Sept. 3, 1814.

Sin—Having received on board theships named in
the margin .j- a detachment of 20 men, of the royal
artillery, with one 51-inch howitzer, commanded by
Lieutenant Garston ; a party of 80 marines, com-
manded by Captain Carter, of the Dragon ; the flank
companies of the 29th, 62d, and 98th regiments,
under the command. of Captains G:11 and Coaker,
Majors Riddle, Keith, and Crosdaile, and Captain
M'Pherson; also a rifle company of the 7th battalion
of the 60th regiment, commanded by Captain Ward;
and the whole under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel
John, of the 60th regiment ; I proceeded agreeably to
your order, with the utmost dispatch up the Penob-
scot. Light vai iable winds, a most intricate chan-
nel, of which we were perfectly ignorant, and thick
foggy weather,- prevented my arriving off Fianktort
before two e. st. cf the 2d instant. Here Colonel
John and myself thought it advisable to send a mes
sage to the inhabitants ; and having received their
answer, we pushed on towards Hamden, where we
received intelligence that the enemy had strongly for-
tified himself. On our way up several troops were
observed on the east side of the river making for
Brewer ; these were driven into the woods without
Any loss on our side, by a party under the orders of
Major Crosdaile, and the guns from the boats. The
enemy had one killed and several wounded.
At five P. M. of the 2d inst. we arrived off Ball's
Head Cove, distant three miles from Hamden.
Colonel John and myself landed on the south side
of the Cove, to reconnoitre the ground and obtain in-
telligence. Having gained the hills, we discoveted
the enemy's picquets advantageously posted near the
highway leading to Hamden, on the north side of the
Cove. We immediately determined topand one hun-
dred and fifty men, under Major Riddle, to drive in the
picquets and take up their ground. This object was
obtained by seven o'clock, and notwithstanding every
difficulty, the whole of the troops were landed on the
north side of the Cove by ten o'clock ; but it was
found impossible to land the artillery at the same
place. The troops biveuaqued on the ground taken
possession of by Major Riddle. It rained incessantly
during the night. At day-break this morning, the
fog cleared away for about a quarter of an hour, which
enabled me to reconnoitre the enemy by water ; andi
I found a landing place for the artillery about two-
thirds of a mile from Ball's Head. Off-this place the
troops halted till the artillery were mounted, and by
six the whole advanced towards Hamden.
The boats under the immediate command of Lieu-
tenant Pedler, the First of the Dragon, agreeable to
a previous arrangement with Colonel John, advanced
in a line with the right flank of the army. The Pe-
ruvian, Sylph, Dragon's tender, and Harmony trans-
port, were kept a little in the rear in reserve.
Our information stated the enemy's force at four.
teen hundred men, and he had chosen a most excel-
lent position on a high hill. About a quarter of a
mile to the southward of the Adams frigate, he had
mounted eight 18-pounders. This fort was calcu-
lated to command both the highway by which our
troops had to advance and the river. On a wharf
close to the Adams, he had mounted fifteen eighteen-
pounders, which completely command4l the river,
which at this place is not above three cables' lengths
wide, and the land on each side is high and well
whoded. A rocket-boat under my immediate direc-
tion, but maneeuvred by Mr. Ginton, Gunner, and
Mr. Small, Midshipman of the Dragon, was advanced
about a quarter of a mile a-head of the line of boats.
So soon as the boats got within gun-shot, the enemy
opened his fire upon them from the hill and wharf,
which was warmly returned. Our rockets were ge-
nerally well directed, and evidently threw the enemy
into confusion. Meantime our troops stormed the
hill with the utmost gallantry. Before the boats got
within good gr ipe-shot of the wharf-battery, the ene-
j Majesty's ships Peruvian and Sylph, Dragon'. tender,
and to Harmony transport.

of let fire to the Adam, eftd be raft from his gun:
the moment our troops carried the hill.
I joined the army about ten minutes after this ever
Colonel John and myself immediately determined Is
leave a sufficient force in possession of the hill, and is
pursue the enemy, who was then in sight on the Ban.
gor road, flying at full speed. The boats and ships
pushed
the army.
edupth Theerilver' enemysp"e
rvtng
their original position
with was too nimble for us,
and most of them escaped into the woods on our left.
On approaching Bangor, the inhabitants who had op.
posed us at Hamden, threw off their military cha.
ratter, and as magistrates, select men, &c. made as
unconditional surrender of the town. Here the pat.
suit stopped.
About two hours afterwards, Brigadier-General
Blake came into the town, to deliver himself as a pri.
soner. The General, and other prisrners, amounting
to 1:11, were admitted to their parole.
Enclosed I have the honour to forward you lists of
the vessels we have captured or destroyed, and other
necessary reports. lam happy to inform you our
loss consists of only one seaman, belonging to the
Dragon, killed ; Captain Gell, of the 29th, and sever'
privates wounded, one rank and file missing.
I cannot close my report without expressing my
highest admiration of the very gallant conduct of Co.
lona John, the officers and soldiers under his cons.
mand,•for, exclusive of the battery before mentioned,
they had difficulties to contend with on their left,
which did not fall under my observation, as the ene.
my's field pieces in that direction were masked ; the
utmost cordiality existed between the two services,
and I shall ever feel obliged to Colonel John, for his
ready co-operation in every thing that was proposed.
The officers and men bore the privations inseparable
from our confined means of accommodation with a
cheerfulness that entitles them to my warmest thanks.

Though the enemy abandoned his batteries before
the ships could be brought to act against them, yet I
am not the less obliged to Captains Kippen and
Dicke; ; of the Peruvian and Sylph; Acting Lieu.
tenant Pearson, who commanded the Dragon's ten.
dcr ; Lieutenant :Wra►din, of the Dragon ; and Mr.
Barnett, Master of the Harmony ; their zeal and in*.
fatigable exertions in bringing up their vessels through
the most intricate navigation, were eminently conspi-
cuous. Colonel John speaks highly in praise of Cap-
tain Carter and the detachment of royal marines, un.
der his orders; and also of the seamen attached to the
artillery, under the command of Lieutenants Sim.
monds, Motley, L. States and Mr. Spurling, Master
of the Bulwark.

I have on other occasions of service found it a
pleasing part of my duty to commend the services of
Lieutenant /Wier, First of the Drarn i in this in-
stance he commanded the boat part of the expedition
most fully to my satisfaction ; 'he was ably seconded
by Lieutenants Percatal, of the Tenedos, and Or.
mond, of the Endymion ; and Mr. Ansel!, Master's.
Mate of the Dragon ; this last Gentleman has passed
his examination nearly five years, and is an active
officer, well worthy of your patronage ; but in par.
ticularizing him I do not mean to detract from the
other petty officers and seamen employed in the boats,
for they all most zealously performed their duty, and
are equally entitled to my warmest acknowledgments.
I am also most particularly indebted to the active
and zealous exertion of Lieutenant Carnegie, who
was a volunteer on this occasion.

I can form no estimate of the enemy's absolute loss.
From different stragglers I learn that, exclusive of
killed and missing, upwards of thirty lay wounded in
he woods. (Signed) ROBERT BARRIE,
Captain of his Majesty's Ship Dragon.

(CAfITULATION.)
To Captain Hyde Parker, commanding the Naval Force, and
1 .ieu• enant-Colonel Andrew Pilkington, commanding the Land
Force of his Britannic Majesty, now at Machias.
GENTLEMEN—The forces under your command
having captured the forts in the neighbourhood of
Machias, and taloa possession of the territory adja-
cent within the county of Washia&ton, and the situa.
tion of the country being such between the Penobscot
River and the Passamaquaddy Bay, es to preclude
the hope that an adequate force can be furnished by
the United States IT its protection; we propose a
capitulation, and offer for ourselves, apd in behalf of
the officers and soldiers of the Brigade within the
county of Washington, to give our parol et honour,
that we will not, directly or indirectly, bear arms, or
in any way serve, against his Britannic Majesty King
George the Third, King of the United Kingd im of
Great Britain and Ireland, his Successors and Allies,
during the present war between Great Britain and
the United States, upon condition we have your
assurance, that while we remain in this situation, and
consider ourselves under the British Government un-
til further orders, we shall have the safe and full en-
joymeot of our private property, and be protected in
the exercise of our usual occupations.
JOHN BAEWER,
Brigadier-General 2d brigade, 10th division, for
the Officers and Soldiers of the 3d Regiment
in the said Brigade.
.JAMBS AMPBELL,
Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding Ist Regiment,
2d brigade, loch division, fur laims4.4f, Officers

an 4 B;idieis in the said

These terms have been granted and approved of by us.
HYDE PARKER, Captain of his hiajosty's ship Tenedos.
A. PILKINOTON, Lieutenant• Colonel Commanding.
Mathias. Sept. 13, 1814. •
List of Vessels captured and destroyed in the Penobscot, and of
those left on the Stocks, as near as I am able to ascertain
Captured and brought away-2 skips, I brig, 6 schooners, and !I
sloops.
Destroyed at Hamden—The Adams frigate, of 26 guns, eighteen-
pounders, and two ships, one of them armed ;—burnt by the
enemy.
At Bangor—l ship, 1 brig, schooners.and 1 sloop; burnt by us.
Lost since In our possession—A copper bottomed hrig, pierced foe
is guns, and the Decatur privateer, pierced "for 16 guns.—
Note—The powder and wiuc captured at Hamden were put
on hoard those vessels.
l.cft on the Stocks at Bangor-2 ships, 2 brigs, and 2 schooners.
At Brewsr--1 ship, I brig, and I schooner.
At Arrington-4 ship, I schooner, on the stocks.
Left at Hamden-1 ship, 1 hermaphrodite brig, and !schooners;
also 1 brig and I schooner on the stocks:
Lett at Fremlord on the stocks—l schooner acid some small craft.
To Rear-Admiral Griffith. R. BARRIS.
to rUIN OS ORDNANCE TAKEN FROI4 THE ENEMY ON TUE 35
DAY Of SEPTEMBER, ISA 4.

Taken at Hamden-33 iron itt-pounders, 3 Iron 12-pounders;
It Is-pounders de-troyed, 14 brought away.
Taken at Bangor and brought away-2 3-pounder brass guns,
iron 3-pounder.
Final brought away—l 7.
Embarked—l ammunition cart, SOO I S-pound shot, about 40
barrels of powder, and a gummy of wads, etc. &c.
(Signed) ROBLIIT GAITIM, Lieut. R. A.
(A copy) kUltglli BARRI!.
Rsturu of small arms not collected, supposed about Ica.
(Signed) kiVI Mtn Unruh,.