Star. — London, England, 1813-12-25 00:00:00

- , 1 1 iIMERICA. mama •••••••1 QUEBEC, NOVEMiER Als Friday and Saturday last, the following American Officers were conducted, under an escort of Major- Bell't volunteer cavalry, from Beauport, where they were on parole, and lodged in the gaol of this city : Maina—C. Van de Venter. . Carfare's—John /Siachesney, Henry Fleming, Alexander M'Ewen, D. Vanvechten, Isaacs Roue& LiairestAsrs—Thos. Carney, John Waring, Thos. Randall, John Wm. .Thompson, John H. Cranson, George : Murdoch, Nicholas N. Robinson, Masson Mudd, Sa muel 'B. Grisswold,. James Smith, J. P. Palmer. • Esistosis..-Washington Dennison, David D. POlk, John non ball, S. W. Osguode, Sidney Smith, Lieut. W. A. Monteath, midshipman of-the Navy. • The following Non-commissioned Officers, front on board the transports, were also imprisoned : B. W. Stevens, W. Fromell, Nathan Jones, Abel Lawrence, Jo. Whitney, Frs. Marko, Wm. Sampson% J. W. Priest, alias Pierce, Ben. Butrnan, J. P. Reid, John Moody, W. M'Cune, Elisha Warren, Seth Barnes, Chas. West, H. D. Yates, Lyman Boggs, Geo. Hauler, Lyman Waring, uichd. Taylor, Jacob Huber, Alvin Dewall, John Ferguson, W. Lyle'. The motives of this measure are explained. in the General Order. (See STAR of yesterday.) FROM THE HALIFAX JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 20. Friday evening last a most dreadful gale was ex perienced here from the S.E. It commenced a little after five o'clock, and ceased- its violence about sesen,• when the wind suddenly veered to tbe N.W..and Abe sea gradually sunk into a calm.. Seldom has been witnessed a more melancholy atvful sight than that exhibited on that evening; the day had but just closed when the gale commenced—the evening was ex tremely dark, theside was flowing, and the, rain at intervals fell in heavy showers, Many vessels in : the harbour_soon drove from their anchors ; others broke from the wharfs, notwithstanding the care which had been taken to secure them, and all seemed doomed to destruction., Frequontly were fired guns of distress,' and blue lights thrown out by such of his . Majesty's. ships as were suffering in the gale: this circumstance,. the darkness of the night, and the piercing cries of persons fearful of drowning, which were often heard in situations where alone the hand of the ALMIGHTY could afford them relief, increased the gloomy hor rors-of the scene. It was not until the next morning the effects of the gale were wholly to be seen. On this side of the harbour some vessels lay sunk, others appeared much injured.; and the opposite shore, from the Eastern Battery to the mouth of the Narrows, appeared.covered with wrecks. The following sketch of the vessels on-shore, those that were injured, &c. was made the next morniug ; we flatter ourselves it will be found materially correct : Brig Friendship, ashore near the Eastern Battery; her rudder and bowsprittene, and upp:r works much injured. Ship Jubilee, aquae near Prescott's lime kiln ; her bowsprit, fore and main yards, gone. Brig —, a re-capture,'ashore near Prescott's limekiln, bilged —foremast and bowsprit gone. Brig Astrea, shore near M ( Main's limekiln; much inured in her upper-works. An American prize sloop, ashore near the Astrea ; rudder gone. Ins Majesty's schooner Canso, pent. Croke, ashore to the northward of the last-mentioned limekiln; very much injured in her upper.works. Schooner Four Sons, ashore near the Canso; bowsprit gone, and much injured in her upper-works. Schooner Dove, ashore near the Lapstone, foremast and bow sprit gone. Schooner Rachel and Mary, ashore ncarthe Dove, not much injured. A small Lunenburgh schooner, ashore nor Ryan's Ferry wharf. Schooner Mary of Portland, ashore in Dartmouth Cove, not touch injur.d. A small shallop, ashore at-Dartmouth Point. &harmer —, laden with !war, sunk near the above vessel. The barque Par la, ashore at• Dartmouth, not much injured. Schooner Ferdinand, ashore - opposite sherry's house, in Dart mouth; much injured In her upper.works Brig William, ashore near Coleman's kl arf, Dartmouth ; fore mast and buwaprit gone, and uerii much injured. sloop Henry, laden wits-country produce, struck the shore, near coleman's Wharf, and own went to' pieces; the carp lost. Szkoouer Sally, of Nantucket, prize to hi. Majesty's ship Loire, ashore near Coleman's ; but little Injured. :sloop Gleaner brotOtt up near C...lernan's Wharf; lost her bowsprit. • H. M. B. Manly, ashore to the rtortltwarti of the SR) , . Transport ship Three Sisters sunk near the Manly, and sup posed irr. parable. Schooner George ashore above the Three Sisters, little injured. His Majesty's ship Maidstone ashore to the nurthwardor the lenrge, very much injured. His Majesty's ship La Hogue ashore near t'ie Black rock, not much injured. Schooner Concord ashore near the Black roelt,,katammisei, Schooner Paragon ashore abirive.the Cesseord, sad stern stove in. Ship Paragon ashore to the northward of the above - schooner, mixes mast gone—upper works much injured. American ship Massachusets, prize to the Canso, ashore to the northward of the Black rock, little injured. A Portuguese brig and an American stoop near the Massa chusetts, not much injured. A neutral brig and a lumber leaded schooner a,liore to thu northward of the Massachusetts. H. M. S. San Domingo, ashore near Fostet's Wharf, apparently not much iljuted. • Ship Juno, recaptured brig Ann, and the schooner Friend Ad venture, ashore near the San Domingo; not much injured. Brig Nancy, ashore near the San Domingo; disntasted, and otherwise much injured. Transport ship Dick, No. 429, ashore :sear Foster% Point, not Mach injured; Captain not " miss ng." Brig Mariner, ashore near fryer's Wind-mill, little injured. Schooner Edward, ashore to the northward of the Mariner, bowsprit gone. Spanish polacre ship Patriots, ashore near Alm Tan-yard ; not much injured. SloopFAvira, ashore above Albro's Tan-yang, bilged. Brig Christiana, ashore to she northward of Elvin. Ships Ned, and Divina Pastors, ashore in 'Fat's Cove ;a sloop , belonging to Lanenburg, sunk near the above vessels; the cr e w, consisting of four persons, it is said, perished. His Majesty's bt , gs Fantome and Epervier, ashore to the northward of Tuft's Cove; the latter bllged, and it is feared will be lost. Ships Princess Mary and Thomas, ashore near the Ppervier ; the former with but her fore•mast stanling—the Thomas so much injured, that her cargo will have to be landed. Ship John ashore near Tuft's Cove. Schooner Manly ashore in Tuft's Cove. A prize schooner ashore near the Dock-yard—bilged. Brig Atlantic ashore near the Dock-yard ; bows, , rit sprung, but not otherwise injured. . _ _ Re-captured brig John and Mary, ashore near the Atlantic, not much injured. Ship Venus ashore near the Dock-yard ; brged. Ship Volante, lying at Belcher and Wrigkt's wharf, ►ad her three top-masts carried away. At Presco.t and Collins' wharf, the brig Lapwing; Liverpool packet, and two prize schooners, received some damage in their sipper works. At Creighton's wharf, schooner Perseverance in-,: her main boom and bowsprit, and her bow and stern mueh ir;vred. At the King's wharf, the shallop Dispatch, 'belonging so the Quarter-Master-General's Department, had her mainmast car, Tied away; and schooner Torpedo, her main-Morn. At Forsyth, Blick and Co's wharf, two shallops were sank. At Doyle's wharf, a schooner much injured. At Tremain's wharf, a schooner with her stern much injured. At Long Wharf, brig Swift, which drifted from Taylor, Ireo may, and Dolby's wharf; brig Grace, from Fairbanks' Wharf; still _...e tight ever, with the great body of the Ikdians. 6 8 At Bowle s faun?, fotic miles from the bridge, [e halted for, the night, fpund two other vessels, and large distillery, fi lled with ordnan,ce.atjd' other va. uable stores' to an immense ansouPt, in flames-it as impossible to put ent the fire. Two 24-pounders, with their carriages, were taken, and a large quantity of ball and shells of various sizes. . " The army was put in motion early on the morn. i !ng of the sth. I pushed on in advance with the mounted regiment; and requested Governor Shelby 0 follow as expeditiously as possible with the in fantry : the Governor's zeal, and that of his men, ,enabled him to keep up with the cavalry, and, by 'pine' o'clock, we were at Arnold's Mills, having taken, in the couhe of the morning, two gun-boats Snd several batteaux, loaded with provisions end jtannunition. , • " A rapid at the river at Arnold's Mills, of ords the only fording to be met with foi a very consider able distance, but upoo examination it was found - t so deep for the infantry. Having, however, fortunately taken two or three boats and some Indian canoes on the spot, and obliging the horsemen to take a foot nun behind each—the whole army were safely trot , sed by twelve o'clock. " Eight miles from the crossing we passed a farm where a part of the British troops had encamped the nigh before, under the command of Colonel War burton. The detachment with General Proctor had arrived the day before at the Moravian towns, four nide% higher up. 41 Being now certainly near the enemy, I directed the advance of Johnson's regiment to accelerate their march for the purpose of procuring intelligence. The officer commanding it, in a short time, sent to in form me that his progress was stopped by the enemy, who were formed across our Hoe of march. One, of the enemy's waggoners being also taken prisoner, from the information received from him, and my own observation, assisted by some of my officers,' I soon ascertained enough of their position and order of bat tie to determine that, which it was proper for me to adopt. I hive the honour herewith to enclose you my general order of the 27th ultimo, prescribing the order of marc.b, and of battle, when the whole army should tact together, but as the number and description of the 4 hoofs had been essentially changed since the issuing bf the order, it became necessary to make a cores ' ponding alteration in their disposition. From the I place where our army was last halted 'to the Mora -1 vian towns, a distance of about three and a 'half ' miles, the road passes through a beech forest without any clearing, and for the first two miles near to the . 1 bank of the river. _ _ " At from two to three hundred yards from the river, a swamp extends parallel to it, throughout the %%hole distance. The intermediate gronnd isdry, and although the trees are tolerably thick, it is in Many places clear of underbrush. Across this strip of land, i:s left arpuyed upon the river, supported by artillery placed it, the wood, their right in the swamp covered by the whole of their Indian force, the Bri tish troops were drann up. " The troops at my disposal consisted of about 1`2() regulars of the 27th regiment, five brigades of li. , 2ntucky volunteer militia infantry, under his Excel lency Governor Shelby, averaging less than five hundred men, and Colonel Johnson's regimirnt of mounted infantry, making in the whole an aggregate something above three thousand. " No disposition of an army opposed to an Indian force can be safe, Unless it is secnred on the Hanks and in the rear. I had therefore no difficulty in ar ranging the infantry conformably to my general order of battle. " General Trotter's brigade of 500 men formed the front line, his right upon the road and his left upon the swamp. Colonel King's brigade as a second line, 150 yards in the rear of Trotter's, and Ckilds' as a corps of reserve in the rear of it. These three bri gades formed the command of Major-General Henry —die whole of General Desha's division consisting , of two brigades, - were formed en potence upon the lett cl Trotter. Whilst I was engaged in forming the infantry, I had directed Colonel Johnson's regiment, s‘hicYl was still in front, to be formed in two lines opposite to the enemy, and upon the advance of the infantry, to take ground to the left, and, forming upon that flank, to endeavour to turn the right of the Indians. A moment's reflection, however, convinced me thatl from the thickness of the woods and swampness. of the ground they'would be unable to do any thing on horseback, and there was no time to dismount them and place their horses in security: I therefore deter mined to refuse my left to the Indians, and to break: the British lines at once by a charge of the mounted infantry :—the measure was not sanctioned by any thing that I had seen or heard of, but I was fully convinced that it would succeed. " The American back-woodsmen ride better in the woods than any other. people. A musket or rifle is no impediment to them, being accustomed to carry them on horseback from their earliest youth. I was persuaded, too, that the enemy would be quite un prepared for tLe shock, and that they could not toff 'list it. " Conformably to this idea, Idirected the regiment to be drawn up in . close column, with its right at the distance of fifty yards from the road (that it might be in some measure protected by the trees from the artillery), its left upon the swamp, and to charge at full speed as soon as the enemy delivered their fire. The few regular troops of the 27tk regiment, under their Colonel (Paul), occupied, in columns .of sec tions of four, the small space between the road and river, for the purpose of seizing the enemy's artillery, and some ten or twelve friendly Indians were direct ed to move under the bank. " The Crotchet, formed by the front line and Ge neral Desha's division, was an important point :—at that place the venerable Governor of Kentucky was who at the age of 66 preserves all•the vigor the ardent zeal which distinguished him is revolutionary war, and the undaunted bravery _ manifested at King's mountain. `With my Aides-de-camp, the Acting Assistant- General Butler, my gallant friend Corn. I ) erry l —who , did the the honour ICI serve as tunteer Aid-de.eamp, and Brigadier-General rho, having no command, tendered me La .:; rplaced myself at the head of the front of infantry-, to direct the movements of the ca . /airy, and give them the negceltstry support. a' The army had . moved on this order lint a short distance, when the mounted men received the Ere from the British line, and were ordered to charge ; the horses in front of the column recoiled from the fire ; another was given by the enemy, and our en: lumn, at length getting in motion, brLite Cirough the enemy with irresistible force. " In one minute the contest lu fro^t was overt the British Officers seeing no bores of reidnciig their dis ordated ranks to order, and our motnund men wheel ing upon them, and inuring in i'llesweetive9r6, im inediately surrendered. .. : • " It certain that three orgrof oir troops were wounded in this cbarge. Upon .the kft the center. was more severe with the Indiana Ccioael.Joheson, who,commanded on that flank of Jait reg . isnspt. re *rived a most galling fire limn them , wineh was r 4 e eprned with great effect. lg. The Indians still further to the • . vatieed ind fell in tith our front lice of its pinction with Dr'sha's division - , and elude an impression ern it. 'I-iis EX ency Go • vernor Shelby, however,. brought up a regiment t i its support, and the enemy receiving a very severe fire in front, and a part ofJnlinson's regiment having gained their rear, retreated with precipitation. Tina; loss was very crinsiderabk in the action, and many 'were killed in their retreat. " I can gire no sari factory information of rho number of Indians that were in the action, but they 'must have been considerably upwards of one thou ' sand. From the documents in my possession (Gen. Proctor's official letters, all .it which were taken), and from information of respectable inhabitants of this territory, the Indians kept in pay by the British were much more numerous than has been generally supposed. 44 In a letter to General De Rottenburgh, of the 97th inst. General Proctor speaks of having prevailed upon most of the hrdians to accqmpany him. Of these it is certain that fifty or siztyWyandot warriors abandoned him.* a The number of our troops was certainly greater than that of the enemy, but when it is recollected that they had c hdsen a position that effectually secured their flack, which it was impossible for us to turn, and that we could not present to them a line of more erztent than their own, tt will not be considered arro gant to claim for my IrOops, the Noll of superior bravery. . ... . .. " In communicatingtn . the Presidentthrougfi you, Sir, my opinion of the conduct .or the officers who served under my command, I am at a . tots how to mention that of Governor Shelby . ; tieing convinced that no eulogium of mine can reach his merits. The Governor of an independent State, greatly my supe rior in years, in experience and in military character, he placed himself under my command, and was not more remarkable for his zeal and activity, than for the promptitude and cheerfulness with which ho obeyed my orders. - The Major-Generals Henry and Desha, and the Brigadiers Allen, Campbell, King, Chiles, and Trot ter, all of the Kentucky iulnnteers, manifested great zeal and activity. Of Governor Shelby's staff, hit Adjutant-General. Colonel MiDowell, and his Quar ter-master General, Colonel Walker, rendered great service, as did his Aide-de-camp, General Adair. and Majors Barry and Crittenden. 44 The military skill of the former was of great set ii.ce to us, and the activity of the two latter gentle. men could not be suspassed. Illness deprived me of the talents of my Adjutant-General, Colonel paine', who was left at Sandwich. His duties were, however, ably performed by the Acting Assistant-Adjutant- General Captain Butler. My Aide...de-Camp, Lieu tenant 0. Fallon and Captain Todd, of the line, and my volunter aids John Speed Smith, and Jahn Cham bers, Esq. have rendered me the most important ter, vices from the opening of the campaign. I have al ready stated that General Cass and Commodore Petry assisted me in forming the troops far action. The former is an officer of the highest merit, and the ap . pearance of the brave Commodore cheered and ani. mated every breast. " It would be useless, Sir, after stating the cir cumstances of the action, to pass encomiums upon Colonel Johnson and his regiment. Veterans could not have manifested more firmness. The Colonel's numerous wounds prove that be was in the post of danger. Li,:ut-Colonel James Johnson and the Ma jors Payne and Thompson, were equally active, though more fortunate. Major Wood, of the Engi steers, already distinguished by his conduct at Fort two :Meigs. attended the army with two siz Itaving .o .use for them in .:le ace the pursuit of the enemy , and with f the mounted regiment, two of my -cans 'Todd and Chambers, and three privatise; ontinued It for Several miles after the rest of the troops had halted, and made many prisoners. " 1 left the army before an official return of the prisoners, or that of the killed and manacled, wet made out. It was, however, ascertained that the for crier amounts to six hundred and one regular% in eluding twenty-five Officers. Our loss is seven kilted and twenty-two wounded, five of whom have sir:. .died. . Of the British troops twelve were killed, an• twenty-two wounded. The Indians suffered most — thirty-three of them having been found upon thi ground besides those killed on the retreat. 46 On the day of the aetinii, sin pieces of brass at 1 riflery were taken, and two iron ',:f -pounders the day before. Several others were di s covered in the rive; and can be easily procured. 64 Of the brass pieces, three are the trophies of cut revolutionary war, and were takp at Saratoga anti York, and surrendered by General Hull. The num ber of small arms taken by us and destroyed by the enemy must amount to upwards of five thousand-- most of them had been ours and taken by the enemy at the surrender of Detroit, at the river Raisin, anif Colonel' Dudley's defeat. " I believe that the enemy retain no other roil:' .• ' \ J .l . 0, .. .... Mott bey b a w s p r k 4 h a g hi t st e r t iodurbiltd Were*. 4• I lithe mills, under • s be*y tie tow tile In.. posted, *1 ; brig Grace lost her foremast, bowsprit, sad ru , ( ..111ur loss uiloa this ooeastpe was aw) o lcilled) of youth, her stern much injured. Two shallops sunk a v t i = ,• . t or four wounded ohat of tlree'o t e y ins the revolu own's Wharf, a detained Swedish brig, om Fairbanks' Wharf, lost bey bowsprit, as& had „ 'nod to be considers' bly greet.- - which he vi re; also, a neutralseisoner very much injured li ti qk w. " A house near the ,bri*e, tblitaining -l a very "'With irks. - 71. ' considerable number Of mustets; had tiput: set 03 P Adjutant. ylor, Yeoman, and Dolby's Wharf, !chooses' Thorns's, fire,. bqs.it was.extinguished by our. asuLths. -snodore_P we; and Spanish schooner Ferdinand ditto. • iry's Wharf, schooner Porcupine, stern store. ?rms saved., ,• r .„,.. - 1 ,, , „ • my volun ,ams's What!, a shallop, kdea with•dry Bett i na. •l 44 At.the Mot firmoabove the bridge, we found Cis, whc lajesty's ships Poictiers, Victorious, Nymph*, Tema«. brie of the enemy's vessels on fire, loaded witkaiins assistance Dia&m, Success, Nemesia, Romulus, and Arab, And Mud ordnance stores, and leveed that they were a line of inl • Shelburne, rode out the Ole, but several if atestWe4 • . lured by other vessels running foul of theit '''• ' . ew miles ahead of us, still on the right blalrof the; vary,' aill -1 I Pa V V' tho Swift stove in; and had ber . A t Brown' adrift frant ' eters SteYe; upper works. At Tay3 stern stove At Story' At Adams . . His Majesty', Baionsa, Dia&m, schooner Shelburne, much injured by oth Brig Anaconda, almost wholly dismasted. - vr.ji. • HI. Majesty's schooner Shelburne, Liedt. Hopei van* 4110. 1 masted, and her hull much injured; lost one man. Swift etoreship , her bowsprit gone, bow injured, and sta rboard ; main-channel—a vessel ran foul of her. Store-ship - Hyena lost her mainmast, fore-mast, and bowsprlff. The Ordpance schooner rode out the gale; but a vessel roc foul of her, and carried away her bowsprit. • -T 1 *The beg Bellona, belonging to John Dougan, Esq. and ready' for sea, brae adrift from Miller's Wharf. and soak In Dearly the centre of the harbour—four of her crew perishedin her. The ship Manby, lying at Miner's Wharf, also ready for sea, broke adrift, ran foul of the of the Long Wharf, and afterwards when the wind veered to the N.W. went ashore at George's Island, floated off from there, and rode at her anchors. The ship Star rode out the gal but was run foul of, and her foremast and bowsprit carried away. . The ship Diadem and brig King George, fortunately hooked with their anchors ons of the King's moorings, and rode out the. , gale. The ship Herman broke adrift from Forsyth, Black and Co's. wharf, lay across the King's wharf dock, and, when the wind shifted, drifted out into the harbour, and brought up whit' leer anchors. . A neutral brig, valuably laden, broke adritt..from the Low; Wharf, run foul of the Herman, and carried avec/Sex forenuist l 'mid bowsprit, but afterwards rode out the gale. A Swedish brig, detained, which rode cut the pie, bad her boiwsprit and fete .ast carried away by a vessel, which run foul, of her. 'fire damage done to the wharfs generally was not so great as might have been expected. The Boat. house belonging to Mr. Coleman, at Dartmouth t was blown down. Several of the vessels injured by the gale were ready to sail, under convoy of Ilk Majesty's skip Poictiers, for England—among them were the ships Princess Mary and Star; both ufwhich have suffered, the former severely: she was run foul of by a Portu guese ship, drove from her moorings, and went ashore on the rocks to the northward of Tufts's Cove—the latter was also run foul ef, lost her foremast and bowsprit, but rode cut the gale.— The Princess Mary has been got off, and must land her cargo. On the beach at George's island, the body of a • young woman dressed in homespun clothes was . found—she probably had been in some of the coast ing shallops. FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. BOSTON, OCTOBER 27. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL HARRISON) . • TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. . • " Head-quarters, Detroit, 9th Oct. IRIS. " .Sra—ln my letter from Santi..vich of the 30th uh. Laid my self the honour Act .inferm you, that I was Pre&ring to pursue the enemy the following day, Pratt'. Various causasihoweier, I; was unable to put the troops in. motion until-the morning of the 1 2d inst. sind,then to take with me only about 100 1 regular troops, Johnson's mounted regiment, and such oGovernor Shelby's eilunteers as were fit for, :t rapid march, the whole amounting to about 3,500 men. To General IVltArthur (with about 'MO effec-' Lives) the protecting of this place and the sick was committed. " General Glass's brigade, and the corps of Lieute nant-Colonel Bala, were left at Sandwich, with orders to fame me as soon as the men received their knap ` sacks and blankets, which had been left on an island in Lake Et ie. " The unavoidable delay at S was at tended with no disadvantage to us. Uencral Proc tor had posted himself at Dalm's, on the right bank of the Thames (Jr Trench) . .s6 miles from this place, where I was informed he intended to fortify and wait to receive me. He must hive believed, however, that I- had no disposition to follow him, or that he had secured my continuance here, by the repro that were circulated that 'the' Indians would attack and destroy this place upon the advance of the army, as he neglected so commence the breaking up Abe bridges until the night of the 2d inst, On that night our army reached the river, which is 25 miles from Sandwich * and is one of four streams crossing our route, over all of which are bridges;, and being deep and muddy, are unfordable for a *considerable dis tance into the couutry. The bridge here w,ts found entire ; and in the morning rproceeded with John-1 sou's regiment, to u' if possible-the Misers. At the second bridge over a branch of the river Thames, we were fortunate enough to capture a Lieutenant of • dragoons and 11 privates, who had been sent by General Proctor to destroy them. From, the prisoners I learned that, the third bridge was broken up, and that the enemy had no certain infor mation of our advance. The bridge having been im perfectly destroyed, was soon repaired, and the army encamßed at Drake's farm, four miles below ,Dalson's. 84 . The river Thames, along the banks of which , our route lay, is a tine deep stream, navigable for vessels of considerable burthen, after the passage of the bar at its mouth, over which there is six and a half feet of water. , g The baggage of the army was brought from Detroit in boats, protected by three gun-boats, which Commodore Perry had furnished for the purpose, as well as to cover the passage of the army over the. Thames itself, or the mouths of its tributary streams. the banks being low, and the country generally open (prairies), as high as Dalson's—these vessels were * well calculated for that purpose. " Above Dalson's, however, the character df the river and adjacent country is considerably changed. The former, though still deep, is very nltrow, and its banks high and woody. The Commodore 'and myself, therefore, agreed upon the propriety of leav ing the boats under a guard of 150 infantry, and I determined to trust to fortune and the bravery of mr troops, to effect the passage of the rivet. 4 , 8..10w a place called Chatham, and four miles' above Dalson's, is the third unfordable branch of the Thames ; the bridge over its. mouth had been taken up by the Indians, as well as that at MiGregor's • mills, one mile above : several hundred of the In ' dians remained to dispute the passage ; and, upon the arrival of the advanced guard, commenced a heavy fire from the opposite bank of the creek, as -well as that of the river. Believing that the whole force of the enemy was there,• I halted the army, formed in order of battle, and brought up' our two six pounders to cover the party that were ordered to *repair the bridge. A few shot from those pieces soon drove off the Indians, and enabled us in two hours to repair the bridge and cross the troops, 44 Colonel Johnson's mounted regiment being upon the right of the army, had seized the tetnaitts of the r r