Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1814 — Page 1

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emy appeared, and to call for allifldnce, if tht was nectiTarv. On the general's airi val at the fills, he learned that the enemy was in force directly in his ron"i a narrow piece of wood alone Intercepting I its view Of them. Waiting only to give tbta information, he advanced, Upon them. By the time rlliftant adj. gen. (Jones) had dt liver rd his uuflage, the atUon began, and he tore the remaining prt of the diviiion had CrofTed the Chippewai it hnd hscoic dole aiid general between the Advanced corps. Though gen. Kiph v with the 3d briidc,

niftj. Hind man with the corns ot artillery,

to its march a direction that Would bavt p!jied him on the enemy's right. It wa; with ,rat pleafure 1 fw the good cider and it.-trepedity of gen. Portere folnnteefl from the momei't of their anival, but during the l ift charge of the enemy, thofe qualities were eonfpicuoua. Stimulated by the example fet th m by their gallant 1 d ' r, by m;, Vond of the Pd. corps, by col. Dobbin of J. Y. and by their omenta fj,enrrally they precipitated themfelves upon the enemy's line, and made ai! the pnfonen wbi h were taken at this point of the ailion.

Having been for tome tr-.e wonnded,

and gen. porter at th head of his command J being a good deaf exhi uflcd by tofs ot biood had refpecively preiTed forward with ardor, I it became my wifli to devolve the command

It Was not lets than an hour belore they were brought to fuiUin gen, Scott, cl u r . vwhich tme his command moll fkilfully and gallantly maintained the Conflict open my arrival I found thai the geo. hd paflfed the wood Sc engaged the enemy on the Queen(lownroad and on '.he ground to the lelt of it, with the jJtb llth and regts and Towfon's artillery The 25th had been thrown to the right to L governed bf otomftantcs Apprehending that thefe

corps were mu

V A SHINGTOn I ITT, Aug. .1U. j Genl. Brown's rep-it oi the battle it the j 2j!1i n!t. at the falls bf Nitgata ' sir - Confined as I W s, and In ve been,

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ion cneynaa itinerea levereiy, i aeteroiin ec to ioterpole anew hne with t:-; adVancing troops, thus difengae gen Scott, and hold his brigade In ttferve. Orders Were accordingly given to gen ttipley The enen'v's artillery ?t this moment ecru nitd i hill Whlth nave him rrrat advahta

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Deuetc it proper that i er

ne refiefhment y ri buired wa renlible Of the

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I feat that the account I am abor.t to give, m iy be lefa fnll and rati factory, than r.'i ier other cirtumltantes z might Kite been m lc, I particularly icr. that the conduct i f the gallant men it was my (rood fortune to lead, will hot be noticed ma Way, dtie :c tl ir fame an J the honor oi" cur country. rw are already Ppntifcd that the army Ind on the 25th ult. taken a polittOU at C lippewa About noon of that d y, co. Swift, w!:o wis poued at Le widow n, advi f'd me by cxprri , tltat theehetny appear ed in fconuderable i rce in Qiieenltowni c on its heights Utat ; of the enemys ftett had aftlvetl during the preceding night, and er then lading near fort Niagara It that a nnmbef af boats were in view, mo ring Up the ttreight Within a Few minutes

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upporteti

poll tier;

line oi infty. To

feeure the victory, it WasnetelTiry to Carry this artillery and teiee the height This duty was ir.-:ied to col. Millet, white 'o favor it j execution, the regr. under the tommand of col NirhoMst Was directed to

menace and I i le the infty Ton mortiftci ti n this r gt after a difel f t f

two, gavt v. and retreated

before it tool 1 be tallied, tho' it is believed the officers of the rrgt. exerted themfelves to Hiorten th's diHauce In the mean time cot. Millet, Without rerrd tr ti-is occur-

on gen. Scott, and letire from the fit Id ; hi;: on enquiry, I had the mtsfortuue to learti that he w;:s diiab.'ed by wounds : 1 therefore kept my poh and had the ftis faction to fee the enemy s Uft tflTort repulfed I now Gonfiirned the command to cren Ripley. While retiring from ti e field, I faw and felt that viftory was coiitj le;:- oh our prt, if proper meaiu-es were promptly adopted to feCUte it. i he exhauflion ol the men.

was however fuch as made j necf Bary They particuh ter 1 was rnyfelf extreme

want oi tins

troops Ijiould return to camp after biioirr.

on the dead, the Wounded and the artillery ; and in this I faw ho difficulty, &8 the enemy I ad entirely ceft c! to acU Within an hour after my arrival in tamp I w;is informed that gen. ftipley had returned without ?n. noysnce and in good order I now IVnt for him Ik after giving him my reafohi for the meafutf I was about to adopt. Ordered him to put the trocpa into the be p.li;!i"e con-

reat itmn ; to give to them the men ry re - m I f.efhment; j to take With him th piquets

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on of force : to hut himfell on f.h.- bid of

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rence, advanced Readily snd b

his object, and t a tried the height and the

cannon ien iumev inot ro vo.

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Which bad alio faultertd) to l is fupport the tHemy difajtpeared from before them

The l n regt Was now brot into lihe oh

and the detachments of

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re tn mee'

ard beat the enemy :1 he again appeared To th.is oid--: hi m ule no obje&toh, and 1

relied upon its tci ecuted I feel mofl are my powers in I d.o j'jilice eitl;rr tr own fehfi of them.

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: 1 1 1 ! i y h ( v iiiaden uate akitig or the troops, to h ir merits or to my

under at.Ier dirrcli

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;he K M. depsttmeutf that the enemy

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h . are and lores at SchK Ifer a:

way thither, were in danger of ittimediate I-.-. It it propel here to mention that having reciiej advlcei as late as the Ith tav" ;er.. Gaiuet, tltat our Beet W3 th ; ill r "it, and the ( Itt Uckt Wf cej'ed to IoOk lor eo OpCl itiOU it m t!:at quarter, & deter mined to difencumher ourfrlvel of t&ei a,;'J rnateh lirectty to Burlington Heights I'on ! thi tention, and th craw from c- ! ' a Hnall fuoply Oipovi tlona 1 fell back upah U tppewi As this arrangtrttettt, undet tin lucre a fed i rcr of the enemy, left r. uelt at baaard on our l" le of the Ni-gra. and as it appe b llii before Haled information, that t' enemy 1 1 aboUt to avail Intnlelf of it 1 contetved

7 tii ?:k! l?:h. gen. i orter occupied With his command, the extreme left. About " time col. Mtiler tarried the chenys cannon, the 2'th r"gt. Undef ttiaj J elf u p, w engaged in more obftinate conflict v ith all that remained todifptote With us the h Id bf battlfi The major, as has been aire dj Ra ted, had been ordered by iren ficctt at t!ie commencement of the eUon, to take ground to his light He ind fuCCCeded m

turning the enemy

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pier, ding det ill, you heve now

evtuehci of the diflinguiilied gallantry of gens. Scott and Torter, of col. MiUef and Major iVuo. Of the I ft hrl.ruV, the chitrf, with his aid de camp, Worthj his luaj r of brigade, Smith, and every commander of battalion) were wounded. The 2 I brigade funered lefs but ns a brigade, their conduct entitled them to the applaufe cf their Country Aftet t!i ene

and during the whole conf.ia maintained that high character which they had previov.Wy won by their n'.l ami their valor. Capta Biddle and Pvitv.hir were both wounded early in the action, but refufed to quic the field. The Ijtrer declared that he never would leave hia piece; nd. true to bis engagement, tell oy its fide, covered wr.lt v ounda. The ft a ff of the irmy had its peculiar roeris and diflinclion Col Gardner, cdj, gen, tfio' ilfj waa on hoffeback and did a!L in his power; his atTiftant maj. Jones, waa very active and ufefol jMy gallant aids do camp, Audio and Spencer, had many and critical duties to perform, in tlie difchrge of which the latter fell ; I flill ever tlufik of this yonng nun with pride ai d iegretj regret, that his career has ben fo Ihortj pnJr, that it has been fo noble and (Ti ft ingu illied The engineers ais. . Kei and Wood, wer,- greatly diifingi ifii d on ibis da', and their high military talents ex er ted with gf eat efFcfl they were much inner my eye and near my perfon. and to theii alTiftance i gie it d- ai i. fairly co b? af-

cribedi I mod earneflly recommend 'h.-in as worthy t the highetl truft and confidence j the I) ff of gens Ripley and Porte diC tdvered great Zealand attention toduty , L . F.t i;. Uandolph of the 20th rer. ;j entitled to nnticp. in.' coirairi uis nrnt.

v TU l.U, t c unus. I eUcli fe a retufh of cur lofs ; thofe rv teu as mining, may generally be n umbered with the deid. 'j .he enemy had but little opportunity of making prifoners I have th.e honor to be, hi, kc fv-e. J A COB BROWK. Holt Armstrong ts'c. Here followed a lift of killed, wounded and miffing, as follows i It tiled, i?! wounded, 72 rnifHng, 1 l?.grand total ol killed, wounded and milling, 860 - Ftom the Sciota C. t, I'xtra, cf Aug Z5. CROGHANs EXPEDl'l iO.i. On yefterd.iy capt Wiley arrived from Pranklintoo, which place he left on the 2 3d inft ard It a cs, that On that day, ere of ths Ohio militia, who was difcharged at fort uratiut, on the nver St. Clair, arri ed from Detroit, which place he left on the 17 h inft by whom we ai informed, that en thai IG'.h in.'K all he v Mr Is ai rived from like Piurrn, except the Niagara, and c:je hur, that col. Ch ghdn 1 mdr d I is tfoopi on tl e iflahd of. Mackinaw, under cover of the guns ol tlie fteet on landing, he ws rppofed at the beach by a ln;e force oi Briti!li arid Indians, and conn - i!.jd them to retire ; but they were ms n rCfd in a ihort time, and coh Croghan, from the prtlTuro of gteatty fup-riv-r numb, is, Was under the

toeCcujtv of withdrawing t.

Ins boats hz

however, made good I is return to the fiert with the lefa of ro bilted and wounded. The number of killed Was rftimated vrtrirjufly iiom 10 tr 20 among th latter our country has to lament . e I ( i the gallant and accomplished m . H timet, of th; 33d infantry , Capt Van Horneoftht 9-h. and 1; Jatl i. . o t '.Ht ?4th, whole bodies wete brought doWU to Detroit, and -buried cn thi Idthi 1 he then , advanced firm th.fir works With three tpounuei , and ill nderAood rot Croghan landed wi Ii ut any attiltety The em my were vati t ly Hated at SOOra gulars, a large body ol C itiadtai t, of the K aty , j w l I " .'V- mC I i ilt a.f 3 C 3 P ' A Sfj iO laWHtamiel and Win 5 ;;rr. wl had been r Heeled ! cr- la rl the Bttl L-

gen. Kial! and iVrudry otlrer bUttere and Ihewed himfetf gi!'. o bis own f'tmy m a blaze ot fire, wi uh defeated cr dettroy da tery lupericr f :rc- of the enemy. I ie Was irdered to form on the ri-hr of the 2d rent I h enemv rallying hi" force, and ss ;? o.ii-ved, hiving re inforceim uts, HiW at tempted to diive us froftl rnr pOhtiOt 2 -fain hit artillery. Out line was Unlhak-

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Sift, and the dtmts. oi the 17th ard l'Jrh, the fit be Ju a Turned a m w charaCter Tbrv tould hot again be Ihakeh Oi difmayed M ;. P1 uland of tic latter fell nobly a at the hen! ol hi: battalion UnJer the Comhiahd ofgert Porter, the militia vol of Pa and N. V. ftood undif mayed imidft the hotel) hre, lc tepnlfed the veterans oppofea to them The Canadian V. tomminded by c;. Wil(n, are report

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attempt Hjvintr ti

i mie ii'ue Oen Scott js .icin engaged in rro-liinfT the fo-mer f thefe : nd t!;c all 1 fiw of hi:r Oil tht tirlu of battle he

log tbithtij With Otdtrs c rep- til i,.r cn- j was near the htid 0T bis column, and giving

received his approbation The corps ri artillery cottim nded Hi '(li:!1.1 behaved . ith it-, uiual gi Capt rowfoi 's Company attwhrd ti

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