Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. / Particularly of His Services in the Canadas, Including a Reply to the Strictures on His Military Character, Contained in an Article in the Quarterly Review

by E. B. Brenton

No. XXVIII.

Extract of a Letter from Major-General Sir James Kempt to Sir George Prevost, respecting the intended Attack upon Sackett's Harbour, dated

"Kingston, 18th Sept. 1814.

"Sir,

"With all due deference to your Excellency's superior judgment, it appears to me, that an operation of this magnitude, and probable duration, should not be undertaken without the most ample means, and at the very best season of the year; that not less than 8,000 infantry, with a strong efficient corps of artillery and engineers, should be employed on this service; that Watertown and Brownville should be occupied in force by strong corps of observation, capable of covering the operations; that there should be an intermediate rendezvous for the assembly of the troops and stores, between this and the place of debarkation; and, that above all, we should have the decided superiority on the Lake, before the service is undertaken.

"I have the honour to be, with great respect,
"Your Excellency's most obedient
"And most humble servant,
"James Kempt.
Lieut.-Gen."