Booker was the ranking officer present, he took command of the column.
Meanwhile other troops were on the move towards the frontier.

As before mentioned.Gen.Napier had decided to also mobilize a force at St.
Catharines, and orders were given to Col.Geo.Peacocke, commanding Her Majesty's 16th Regiment, to proceed thither with the forces at his command, and assume charge of the operations for the defence of the frontier.

At 12.40 o'clock (noon) a force consisting of three companies of Her Majesty's 47th Regiment, under command of Major Lauder, and the Grey Battery of Royal Artillery, commanded by Lieut.-Col.

Hoste, C.B., left Toronto via the Great Western Railway for St.Catharines.

At Hamilton this contingent was joined by Col.