the Ist Italian regiment, commanded by lieut.-col. Burke; the calabrian free corps, commanded by major Carey; one rifle company of the 3rd and 8th battalions king's German Legion, commanded by captains Lueder and Brauns of those corps; and a troop of foreign hussars, under the orders of captain Jacks, of the 20th dragoons, with four mountain guns, in charge of captain Arabin, royal artillery. The enemy attacked this corps with from 5 to 6,000 men, and for five hours (and then only in consequence of order) succeeded in possessing himself of the pass. This fact alone says more in favour of colonel Adam, and in praise of those he commands, than any words of mine can express. I shall, therefore, confine myself to assuring your lordship, that the conduct of all engaged in this brilliant affair, merits, and has met with, my highest approbation. Col. Adam was wounded very early in the attack, but continued, and still continues, in charge of his division. On the 13th, the attack of the enemy on colonel Adam's division was very severe, but the enemy was defeated at every point, and a most gallant charge of the 2nd, 27th, led by colonel Adam and lieutenant-col. Reeves, decided the fate of the day, at that part of the field of battle. The skill, judgment, and gallantry displayed by major-general Whittingham, and his division of the small army, rivals, though it cannot surpass, the conduct of col. Adam and the advance. At every point the enemy was repulsed: at many, at the point of the bayonet. At one point in particular I must mention, where a French grenadier battalion had gained the summit of the hill, but was charged and driven from the heights by a corps under the command of col. Casans. Major-gen. Whittingham highly applauds, and I know it is not without reason, the conduct of col. Casans, col. Romero, col. Campbell, colonel Casteras, and lieutenant-col. Ochoa, who commanded at various points of the hills. To the chief of his staff, col. Serrano, he likewise expresses himself to be equally obliged on this, as well as many other occasions; and he acknowledges with gratitude the services of colonel Catinelli, of the staff of the Italian levy, who was attached to him during the day. These, my lord, are the officers and corps that I am most anxious to recommend to his Royal Highness's notice and protection; and I earnestly entreat your lordship will most respectfully, on my part, report their merits to the Prince Regent, and to the Spanish government. It now only remains for me to acknowledge the cordial co-operation and support I have met with from the several general officers and brigadiers, as well as from the various officers in charge of departments attached to this army. To major-general Donkin, quartermaster-general, I am particularly indebted for the zeal and ability with which he conducts the duties of his extensive department, and the gallantry he displays on every occasion. Major Kenah, who is at the head of the adjutant-general's department, affords me every satisfaction. Lieut.-col. Holcombe, and under his orders, major Williamson, conducted the artillery branch of the service in a manner highly creditable. The different brigades of guns, under captains Lacy, Thomson, and Gilmour (and Garcia, of the Sicilian army), and lieutenant Patton of the flying artillery, were extremely useful, and most gallantly served; and the Portuguese artillery supported the reputation their countrymen have acquired. The army is now in march. I proceed to Alcoy, in the hope, but not the sanguine hope, that I may be enabled to force the Albaya Pass, and reach the entrenched position of the enemy of San Felipe, before he can arrive there. I consider this movement as promising greater advantages than a direct pursuit, as the road which he has chosen being very favourable for cavalry, in which arm he is so much superior, I should probably be delayed too long to strike any blow of importance. I beg leave to enclose a return of killed and wounded of the allied army. I have the honour to be, &c. P. S. I have omitted to mention, that in retiring from Biar, two of the mountain guns fell into the hands of the enemy; they were disabled, and colonel Adam very judiciously directed capt. Arabin, who then commanded the brigade, to fight them to the last, and then to leave them to their fate. Captain Arabin obeyed his orders, and fought them till it was impossible quite to get them off, had such been colonel Adam's desire. (Signed) J. M. Return of killed, wounded, and missing. General total.-4 lieutenants, 1 serjeant, I drummer, 139 rank and file, killed; 1 colonel, 1 major, 1 captain, 12 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 15 serjeants, 1 drummer, 449 rank and file. wounded; 42 rank and file missing; 8 horses killed; 10 horses wounded; 1 horse missing. (Signed) THOMAS KENAH, Major Assist.-Adj. Gen. London Gazette Extraordinary, Sunday, July 25. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. Downing-street, July 24, 1813: Captain M'Doual, aide-de-camp to lieutenant-general sir George Prevost, arrived this day with dispatches, addressed to earl Bathurst, one of his majesties principal secretaries of state, of which the following are copies and extracts :— Head-quarters, Kingston, Upper Canada, May 18, 1813. My Lord; I have the honour of transmitting to your lordship, a copy of a dispatch which I have received from major-general sir R. Sheaffe, containing the particulars of an attack made by the land forces, and the flotilla of the enemy, upon York, in Upper Canada, on the 27th ult. The enemy left York on the 8th instant, and proceeded to Niagara, where I understand they landed, on the American side of the lake, 1,200 men, under general Dear born, for the purpose of strengthening their army on that line, and probably with a view to make a further attempt on Fort Erie or Fort George. The flotilla afterwards returned to Sackett's Harbour, where I find, from a flag of truce which came over the day before yesterday, they remained on the 14th. From the information I have received from an officer of the lake marine taken at York, and sent over in the flag of truce, I find the enemy's force at Sackett's barbour amounts to near 5,000 men, and that they were making preparations for another expedition, but to what point the attack was to be directed, I have not been able to ascertain. I have the honour to be, &c. Earl Bathurst, &c. Kingston, May 5, 1813. Sir;-I did myself the honour of writing to your excellency, on my route from York, to communicate the mortifying intelligence that the enemy had obtained possession of that place on the 27th of April. I shall now give your excellency a further detail of that event. In the evening of the 26th, information was received that many vessels had been seen to the eastward. Very early the next morning they were discovered lying-to, not far from the harbour; after some time had elapsed they made sail, and to the number of sixteen, of various descriptions, anchored off the shore, some distance to the westward. Boats full of troops were immediately seen assembling near their commodore's ship, under cover of whose fire, and that of other vessels, and aided by the wind, they soon effected a landing, in spite of a spirited opposition from major Givens and about forty Indians. A company of Glengarry light infantry, which had been ordered to support them, was, by some mistake (not in the smallest degree imputable to its commander) led in another direction, and came late into action. The other troops, consisting of two companies of the 8th, or king's regiment, and about a company of the royal Newfoundland regiment, with some militia, encountered the enemy in a thick wood. Captain M'Neal, of the king's regiment, was killed. while gallantly leading his company, which suffered severely. The troops at length fell back; they 'rallied several times, but could not maintain the contest against the greatly superior and increasing numbers of the enemy. They retired under cover of our batteries, which were engaged with some of the enemy's vessels that had moved nigher to the harbour. By some unfortunate accident the magazine at the western battery blew up, and killed and wounded a considerable number of men, and crippled the battery. It became too evident that our numbers and means of defence were inadequate to the task of maintaining possession of York against the vast superiority of force brought against it." The troops were withdrawn towards the town', and were finally ordered to retreat on the road to Kingston: the powder magazine was blown up, and the new ship and the naval stores destroyed. Lieut.-colonel Chervett and major Allan of the militia, residents in the town, were instructed to treat with the American commanders for terms: a statement of those agreed on with major-general Dearborn and commodore Chauncey, is transmitted to your excellency, with returns of the killed and wounded, &c. The accounts of the number of the enemy vary from 1,890 to 3,000. We had about 600, including militia and dock-yard men. The quality of these troops was of so superior a description, and their general disposition so good, that under less unfavourable circumstances, I should have felt confident of success, in spite of the disparity of numbers. As it was, the contest, which commenced between six and seven o'clock, was maintained nearly eight hours. When we had proceeded some miles from York, we met the light company of the king's regiment, on its route for Fort George: it retired with us, and covered the retreat, which was effected with out molestation from the enemy. I have the honour to be, Return of killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing of the troops engaged at York, under the command of Sir Roger Hall Sheaffe, on the 27th of April. Total.-1 captain, 1 serjeantmajor, 4 serjeants, 1 drummer, 52 rank and file, 3 gunners, killed; 1 ensign, 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, 30 rank and file, wounded; 1 lieutenant, 4 serjeants, 1 drummer, 36 rank and file, 1 driver, wounded and prisoners; 6 rank and file, 1 bombardier, 3 gunners, prisoners; 6 rank and file, 1 gunner, missing. Terms of the capitulation entered into on the 27th of April, 1813, for the surrender of the town of York, in Upper Canada, to the army and navy of the United States, under the command of Major-General Dearborn, and Commodore Chauncey. That the troops, regular and militia, at this post, and the naval officers and seamen, shall be surrendered prisoners of war; the troops, regular, and militia, to ground their arms immediately on the parade, and the naval officers and seamen be immediately surrendered on the parade. That all the public stores, naval and military, shall be immediately given up to the commanding officers of the army and navy of the United States. That all private property shall be guaranteed to the citizens of the town of York. That the papers belonging to the civil officers shall be retained by them. That such surgeons as may be procured to attend the wounded of the British regulars and Canadian militia, shall not be considered as prisoners of war. That one lieutenant-colonel, one major, thirteen captains, nine lieutenants, eleven ensigns, one quarter-master, and one deputy adjutant-general, of the militia; nineteen serjeants, four corporals, 204 rank and file; of the field train department, William Dunbar; of the provincial army, one captain, one lieutenant, two midshipmen, one clerk; one boatswain, fifteen naval artificers; of his majesty's regular troops, one lieutenant, one serjeant-major; and of the royal artillery, one bombardier, and three gunners, shall be surrendered prisoners of war, and accounted for in the exchange of prisoners between the United States and Great Britain. Extract of a letter from Lieutenantgeneral Sir George Prevost, dated head-quarters, Kingston, June 1, 1813. Although, as your lordship will perceive by the report of colonel Baynes, which I have the honour herewith to transmit, the expedition has not been attended with the complete success which was expected from it, I have great satisfaction in informing your lordship, that the courage and patience of the small band of troops employed on this occasion, under circumstances of peculiar hardship and privation, have been exceeded only by their intrepid conduct in the field, forcing a passage at the point of the bayonet, through a thickly-wooded country, affording constant shelter and strong positions to the enemy; but not a single spot of cleared ground favourable to the operations of disciplined soldiers. Kingston, May 30, 1813. Sir;-1 have the honour to report to your excellency, that in conformity to an arranged plan of operations with commodore sir James Yeo, the fleet of boats as sembled astern of his ship at ten o'clock on the night of the 28th instant with the troops placed under my command, and led by a gunboat, under the direction of captain Mulcaster, royal navy, proceeded towards Sackett's harbour, in the order prescribed to the troops, in case the detachment was obliged to march in column, viz. the grenadier company, 100th, with one section of the royal Scots, two companies of the 8th, or king's, four of the 104th, two of the Canadian voltigeurs, two six-pounders, with their gunners, and a company of Glengarry light infantry, were embarked on board a light schooner, which was proposed to be towed, under the direction of officers of the navy, so as to ensure the guns being landed in time, to support the advance of the troops Although the night was dark, with rain, the boats assembled in the vicinity of Sackett's harbour, by one o'clock, in compact and regular order, and in this position it was intended to remain until the day broke, in the hope of effecting a landing before the enemy could be prepared to line the woods with troops, which surround the coast: but unfortunately a strong current drifted the boats considerably, while the darkness of the night, and ignorance of the coast, prevented them from recovering the proper station, until the day dawacd, when the whole pulled for the point of debarkation." It was my intention to have landed in the cove formed by Horse Island, but on approaching it, we discovered that the enemy were fully prepared by a very heavy fire of musketry from the surrounding woods, which were filled with infantry, supported with a field-piece. I directed the boats to pull round to the other side of |