General Order from Edward Baynes, 1814

• Main Author: Adams, Anne
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Edward Baynes > Tigress > Scorpion > Cornwall > schooner > Colonel Robert McDouall > Glengarry Light Infantry > War of 1812 > Lieutenant Worsley; Cornwall; Indian; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14411

One printed broadside from Head Quarters, Cornwall. This contains a General Order which states that the Commander of the Forces has received a report from Lieutenant-Colonel McDouall of the Glengarry Light Infantry which was dated September the 9th. This conveys the message that two armed schooners, the Tigress and the Scorpion have been captured. This was planned and executed by Lieutenant Worsley of the Royal Navy and a detachment of 50 rank and file of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Other officers were commended for their role in the capture, they included: Lieutenants Bulger, Armstrong and Radenurst of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Mr. Dickson and Livingston of the Indian Department who volunteered their services. The name at the bottom of the document is Edward Baynes, Adjt.Gen. N.A. There is no signature. An address on the back indicates that this document was sent to a schooner in Lake Huron. One broadside containing a general order from Edward Baynes