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and they commenced-, a. caimojiade upon- the pa,- trole? ;o,f hussars in the front;., they had three or four,regular battalions forrped in one line, with cavalry on both, flanks, and. apparently a large body beyond the town and rivulet,. At the time agreed on with General, Linsengen, I for­ med my infantry in .one line, wjth the left,to, the sea, having the two vsquadrons of hussars Upon tire right. There had been some appea­ rance. of. a .movement by the enemy to their left; and I had npt had any communication with General Linsengen, and was npt certain that, he had passed the rivulet, J therefore thought ii proper ,to smake the attack,. in a n , echeljou o£ battalions from the left; .,the, whole covered by, the ist battalion 95th regiment^. and by the, fire of our .artillery. „ ' .... .... . It fell to the lot of the 92.4 regiment to lead' this attack, and they performed their partin the most exemplary manner,, and were equally. wp.U supported, by the 5?d and 43d. . ^ T^he engmy soon retired to an entrenchment which they had formed in front ,of a .camp .pm the northside of Kioge, and they made a dispo­ sition of their cavalry upon the sands to charge the 92d in, flank while .they should attack, this entrenchment. This disposition obliged me to move Colonel Redeu’s hussars, fro*11 the right to the- left flank,.and .to throw the 43d into a second Rne.;, and then the 924 carried the entrenchments, -and forced the. enemy tel retreat into the .tovyn