"The Times." A newspaper of four pages.
The first name of this great newspaper was The Daily Universal Register, but it had taken its latest title as early as 1801. An issue of that date containing the official accounts of the Battle of Copenhagen is in the writer's possession.
NOTE 26, [page 55].
And gray the dawn, and cold the morn of Rensellaer's attack.
The 11th October had been first decided upon for the invasion of Queenston, but it proved one of those fierce October days that drench the earth with a cold rain, making roads into quagmires, and rivers into torrents, stripping the trees of their leafy honours, and not unfrequently tearing them up by the roots. The 13th opened cold and gray, but developed into a fine fall day, much to the convenience of the invaders. (See also [Appendix].)
NOTE 27, [page 55].
Though sad to me, who caught Brock's latest breath.
"And our gallant General fell on his left side within a few feet of where I stood. Running up to him, I enquired, 'Are you much hurt, sir?' He placed his hand on his breast but made no reply, and sunk slowly down."—Mr. G. S. Jarvis (the late Judge Jarvis, of Cornwall), in Auchinleck's History of the War of 1812, p. 105.
Mr. Jarvis was taken prisoner at Queenston, but was exchanged for a Captain of militia within a week.