Chaplain-General to the forces;
Author of The Subaltern; Story of the Battle of Waterloo;
Life of Lord Clive; Life of Sir Thomas Munro, etc.
NEW EDITION
1879
ADVERTISEMENT.
The following Narrative contains, it is believed, the only connected andauthentic account, which has yet been given, of the expedition directed againstWashington and New Orleans, towards the close of the late American war. It hasbeen compiled, not from memory alone, but from a journal kept by the authorwhilst engaged in the enterprise; and as the adventures of each were faithfullynoted down as they occurred, and such remarks made upon passing events assuggested themselves to his mind at the moment, the public may rely withconfidence upon general correctness of the details. The issues of theexpedition were not, indeed, of the most gratifying nature, but it is hopedthat a plain relation of the proceedings of those to whom it was intrusted,will not, on that account, prove uninteresting; whilst nothing can be moreevident than that the portion of our history which it embraces ought not to beoverlooked because it is little conducive to the encouragement of nationalvanity. It was chiefly, indeed, upon this account, as well as with a view toredeem from an oblivion which they hardly merit, the actions and sufferings ofa few brave men, that the Narrative now submitted to the public was written.
Cessation of Hostilities—Expected Embarkation forAmerica—Encampment near Passages—March towards Bordeaux-Anglet
Bayonne—St. Etienne—March through Bayonne, to Ondres
Les Landes—March to Bordeaux—Bordeaux—Macan—LaMoe—At Sea
At Sea—St. Michael’s—Villa Franca
St Michael’s—Ponto del Gada—At Sea
Bermuda
America—The Chesapeake—The Partuxent—St. Benedicts
Nottingham—Marlborough
March to Washington—Bladensburg
Washington
Washington—Bladensburg—Marlborough—St Benedicts
Alexandria—The Patuxent—The Patapsco
March—Attack—Halt
March—Halt—Search—March—Rally—Halt