Friday,  21st.  Capt.  Ryerson,  with  forty  American  Volunteers,  a
subaltern,  and  twenty  of  the  Thirty-third,  and  a  subaltern,  and  twenty
of  the  Sixty-fourth  regiments,  remained  at  Miller's  Bridge  to  defend
and  keep  the  pass.  The  remainder  of  the  Thirty-third  and  Sixty-
fourth  regiments,  American  Volunteers,  and  British  Legion,  counter-
marched twelve  miles  and  took  up  our  ground  at  St.  Thomas'  church.
Saturday,  22d.  Took  possession  of  the  parish  house ;  took  up  and
was  under  the  disagreeable  neccessity  of  detaining  a  lady  of  the  town,
on  suspicion  of  her  bejng  a  spy.
January  2jd.  Moved  from  the  house  into  the  woods  for  the  con-
venience of  shade — very  warm  weather.
Monday,  24th.  Lord  Cornwallis  joined  us  and  took  command.
About  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening  there  was  the  most  tremendous
cannonade  I  ever  heard,  and  an  incessant  fire  of  musketry.  The
Rebels  sallied  out  and  took  eight  ^of  the  Light  Infantry  prisoners,  upon
which  the  whole  line  got  under  arms;  some  in  their  hurry  getting  out
without  putting  on  their  coats,  were  taken  by  the  others  for  Rebels,  and
fired  on,  which  unluckily  occasioned  warm  work  for  a  few  minutes.
Sixty  odd  of  ours  got  killed  and  wounded  by  our  own  men.  The
Rebels  were  repulsed,  and  they  finding  their  muskets  rather  an  incum-
brance threw  thirty  odd  of  them  away.
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Tuesday,  2stk.  About  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  got  in  motion  ;
were  joined  by  the  Twenty-third  regiment  and  Volunteers  of  Ireland!
We  proceeded  on,  passed  over  Miller's  Bridge  and  Waputa  Bridge,  took
possession  of  Waputa  meeting  house,  about  seven  o'clock  in  the  even-
ing, where  we  halted  till  two  in  the  morning.
