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ad. Some were easily marched around and others quickly removed. The first earthwork they encountered was this side of Oak Hill, prepared for four guns, but none were mounted, and there was no force visible anywhere. Between Oak Hill and Drummondtown another battery was encountered, on which eight guns were mounted, but it was entirely deserted. There was also another earthwork about eight miles beyond Drummondtown, which was likewise deserted. Up to the time our informant left thereDrummondtown, which was likewise deserted. Up to the time our informant left there had been nine smooth-bore iron cannon captured, all elegantly mounted, but no ammunine, with the exception of some bags of iron rings, evidently cut from rod iron, about an inch and a half long- No powder had been discovered, and if they had any it has been concealed. The only muskets thus far secured were about one hundred old that-locked, with rough units in them that would not explode powder placed in the pans more than once in six trials. Colonel Smith, who had command of the militia