A messenger was despatched to Col.

Peacocke, giving all the information obtainable, and as Lieut.-Col.
Dennis was of the opinion that the modified plans arranged by the conference of officers at Port Colborne had been assented to by Col.
Peacocke, and that the two columns were working in unison along these lines, he ordered the "Robb" to return to Fort Erie to meet Lieut.-Col.
Booker's force as arranged.

But on arrival there he was disappointed to find that the connection had not been made, and as he was in ignorance of Col.

Peacocke's definite orders to Lieut.-Col.

Booker, after he had left Port Colborne that morning, he was somewhat nonplussed at the failure of Lieut.-Col.