Captain F. H. Odlum's official report.
Sir,—I have the honor to report that we had an engagement with the enemy yesterday and gained a handsome victory.
We captured two of their gunboats, crippled a third, and drove the rest out of the Pass.
We took eighteen fine guns, a quantity of smaller arms, ammunition and stores, killed about fifty, wounded several, and took one hundred and fifty prisoners, without the loss or injury of any one on our side or serious damage to the fort.
Your most obedient servant,