was shot by one of our sentries. After a few days and nights of this kind of warfare, our Glengarry Regiment arrived at Twelve Mile Creek, near the present City of St. Catharines, and our regiment marched at dusk to join them, reaching there about 8 o'clock A. M., when the two regiments were formed into a light brigade, under Colonel Pierson (afterwards General Sir Thomas Pierson.) We remained there until the evening of the 24th of July, when word was received that the enemy had left McFarland’s, not daring to attack Fort George and Niagara, and was retiring towards Fort Erie. Our encampment was immediately broken up, the brigade marching all night through the country towards the Falls, passing St. David’s, which had been burned the day before by the Americans, arriving at Lundy’s Lane early in the morning of the 25th of July, 1814, where the greatest and most When we arrived there we learned that the American army were encamped at Chippewa, about two miles above us. Not desiring to attack so large a force with our light brigade, scarcely one thousand strong, we rested them, spending most of the day in sleep and important battle during the war was fought. eating until six P. M., when our dragoons, posted about a mile in front, came hurridly back with the intelligence that the whole American army were marching down upon us. Our brigade, with two or three pieces of artillery, which had arrived during the day, and a considerable number of Indians, were at once formed in order, when fortunately General Drummond, the commander-in-chief, arrived with the 85th Regiment, one and part of a second company of regulars from Fort George, with two pieces more of artillery, making our force about fifteen hundred and fifty rank and file. All were formed in order, except the Indians, who carefully kept a safe distance in rear. Our regiment was on the left of the line from the main road towards the river, which was skirted by a strip of woods along the bank of the Niagara. About three quarters of a mile below the Falls, the Glengarry 85th Regiment and detachments were formed from the main road on the right, up Lundy’s Lane, where also our artillery was posted, the ground rising in that direction.