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82 with ome of his own pies, who, were particularly directed to watch their actions. The accounts brought back were to atisfactory, that he made intant preparations for a urprie, which he conducted with ecrecy and dipatch.

In a month's time, during which, he obtained ome knowledge of this important ituation, he was in perfect readines for the intended attack, and on the third of Augut, about eleven o'clock, at night, Captain William Bruce, at the head of his britih grenadiers, was ordered a to march in front, attended by Lieut. Cameron, engineer, with his apparatus for ealing; Captain Popham, with two battalions, followed oon after.