The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-26 00:00:00

DEC. 26. small party of Indian warriors, and drove in a piquet of Sedentary I ;Militia, posted at the junction of the Outard and Chat:tut:nay Rivtra, where it encamped, and preceetled in establi-hing a road of communication with its List position, fin. the .purpose of hang forwi;rd its artillery. Major General Hampton, having completed his arrangement, on the MIL commenced on the following day his operations against my advanced posts : at about I t o'clock ii, the forenoon of the 26th, his cavalry anti light troops were discovered advancing on both banks of the Cliatangnay, by a detachment covering a .workine party of habitants employed m felling timber, tor the purpose of eoustructiag abbatis. Lieutenant Colonel 1)e Salahery, who had tl;e co em nal of the advanced Owlets, composed of the *light Wintry company of the Canadian tencildes, and two c ompanies of voltigtors, cn the north side of the rive r, made so excellent a disposition of his little band, that he checked the advance of the enemy's principal column, led by Major General Hampton in person, and accompanied by Brigadier General Izard : weitst the American light brigade, tealer M'Carty, was in like manner repulsed in its progress on the south side of the river, by the spirited advance of the right flank company of the third battalion of the - embodied militia, miller Captain Daly, supported by Captain Bruyer's company of Chateauguay Clmseers. Captains Daly end Brnyees being both wounded, and their companies having snstained some loss, their position was immediately taken up by a flank com pany of the first battalion of embodied militia ; the enemy rallied and repeatedly returned to the attack, which terminated only with the d in his complete disgrace and defeat ; being foiled at all points by a handful of men, xi ho by their determined bravery maintained their position and screened from insult the working • partit s, who continued. their labours unconcerned. Having fortunately arrived at the sceue of action shottlysafter its commencement, I witnessed the conduct of the troops on this glorious occasion, and it was a Aleut satisfaction to me to render on tlw eitot that praise %%illicit had rwconte so jest!y their due. I thank-' ed Major-General De Wattevitle far the wise memoirs taken by hint for the defence of his position, the advance ; and Lient.-Cell. De Salabeiry, for the judgment displayed by him in the choice of his ground, and the bravery and skill with which he maintained it ; I acknowledge the highest praise to belong to the officers and men engaged that morning, for their gallantly and steadiness ; anti I called upon all the troops in advance for a continuance of that z al, steadiness, and discipline, as for that patient endurance of hardships and privations which they have hitherto evinced ; and I particularly noticed the able support Lieut.-Col. De Salaberry re ceived from Captain Ferguson, in command of the light company. of the Canadian Fencibles, and from Captain J. B. Duchesnay and Captain J.-Duchesnay, and Adjutant Hebden, of the voltigenrs, and also from .Acljntatit of the Sedentary Militia, and from Captain La Motto, belonging to the Indian warriors. Almnst the whole of the British troops being pushed forward for the defence of Upper Canada, that of the lower province must de pend, in a great degree, on the valour and continued exertiens of its • incorporated battaliorno anti its sedentary militia, until the 70th re giment and the two battalions of marines, daily expected, arrive. It is, • theretUre ' highly eatisfactory to state to your Lordship , that there appears a determination among all classes of his Majesty's Ca nadian subjects, to persevere in a loyal and honourable line olLcon duet. Fly the report of prisoners taken from the enemy in the affair on the Chateauguay, the American force is stated at 7000 infantry and 200 cavalry, with ten iiiiii•uieees. The British advanced korce, weeny engaged, did net exceed COO. The enemy suffered severely from our -the, and from their 01N11: some detached corps in the • woods flood upon each other. I have the honour to .transmit to your Lordship a return of the killed and wounded on the 26:11. I avail myself of this opportunity humbly to solicit from his Royal Hiehness the Prince Regent, " Dial k of leis gracious approbation of the conduct of the embodied battalion of the Canadian militia, live pair of colours for the Ist, 2d, 3d , 4th , and .stll battalions. I have the linnour to be, Sze. GEORGE PREvosT. Ref urn of fiillc 1, i► u and Missing. Total-5 rank mid file killed ;t2 captains, serjeant, 13 rank and e, wounded ; 4 rank and the missing. Nanit4 qffieers ll'ounded. 3d Batt. Embodied Militia, Capt. Daly, twice wounded severely. —Chateauguay Chasseura, Capt. Binyers, Koad•ruartcrs, Montreal, Oct. :30,1813. MY Lonn,—Since I had the humour of addressing your Lordship in lay dispatch of the V2d of September last ; I have received the TITE NATIONAL REGISTkR. enriffsell C. 011 1 .111 r kill Major-General Proctor. I have. however, been informed from-other quarters, that he.eonnneneid his retreat from" Sandwich. on the '241 of that month, having i» viously dismantled the posts of Amliertsberg and Detroit, and to tally destroyed the public buildings and stores of every description. That on the sth of October following, when within a few matt °la strong position, which it was his intention to take up at the Mo ravian village on the river Thames, he was attacked by so over whelming a force, molt r Major. General Hatrison, that •the small numbers he had w lilt him, consisting of not more 111313 lour hundred and fifty regular troops, were unable to w itbstand it,. and cou sequently compelled to disperse ; that he liad arter,wartl44 rallied the remains of his division, and retired upon Ancaster, on. the Grand River, without being pursued by the enemy . a nd where lie had col leeted the scattered remains of his force, amounting to about two hundred men, and had with it, subsequently, reached Burlington heights, the head-quarters of Major-General Vincent. Tecimiseth, at the head of twelve hundred Indian warriors, aceoippanied our little army on its retreat from Sandwich, and the Ptopliet, a 4 well as his brother Tectunseth, were of the most essential service, in :wresting the further prowl ss of the America ns; but as to the ex tent of our loss un this occasion, 01- the partieulars of this disastrous atraLr 9 Lain, as vet, ionorant ; Nlajor•General. Pioctor having signi • tied to Major General De lottenberg, • Commandiiew in the Upper Provinees, that lie had sent a flag of truce t.) General Harrison, to . ascertain the fate of the officers and soldiers who were missing, and ; requesting his indulgence for a few days until it s return, in order to make his WE( iai report. I also unlit rstand, that the enemy, 'so far from attempting to improve the advantage they had-gained by suing our troops on their retreat to the Grand River, hail retired to Sandwich, followed by Tecumseth and his wairiots, who had MVO harassed them on their march. Five or six hundred. Indians, be longing to the eighth division, arc reported to have joined the centre. I regret to say, that I am still without any official account of 3 Captain Harchsy's action on Lake Erie, the re: , ult of which bus led to our relinquishment of the,Miehigan tecritory, excepting Michi t limaekanac, and our abandonment of the posts in Upper Canhda I beyond the Grand River. I have the honour to he, &e. EOM.; E PREVOST. Extract of a report , from Ith dor-General Proctor, to Lieutenant ', Gonerat- Sir Grole Pcsoort, dated Sandwich, S ept. 21, 1814. I have the honour tor acquaint your Excellency, that the enemy have been recommitted at and. in the vicinity of the islands, by an officer of the Indian department, hi a birch canoe, who has seen seven vesst4s, some of them large, standing Into Carrying-bay, situate between those of Sandutikyand Miami, and soon after heard *salute fired of fifteen guns. He also disctowered, in Pat-in -bay, four large vessels, with their lower masts in, and two rigged vessels, one of which, a gout-boat, came out and ehased • the canoe. We mast expect the enemy soon with their increased naval force, which we most tido; !ornately Lave not the means of opposing With ettect. Yon,. Excelkncy will perceive that the evenly, having the command of the waters, would be able to cut army rupplies ' and my retreat, weir I to yemain in my extensive * positi on. I have, therefbre, determined to tall back, and to mike a stand nu the I have succeeded in bainging the Indians '; I ant in expec tation, that the pi Mei* part of them will accompany us. Many arc arrived at this side of the Straight witii their families, The enemy is on the advance, and in very considerable fore - e, accompa nied by their small vessels and gun-both, would he too hazardous to, tight them on the other side, as our retreat might be cut oil so easily. • Head quarters. Montreal, Oct. 5.1, 1313. MY LARD,--I have the lhonour to announce to your Lord ship the arrival in thc Rivcr St. Lawrence, of the troop-ship named in the margin,* having on board the two battalion.: of Re% a Marines, and the two companies of Marine Artillery attached to them, fr. In Halifax. in coosequence of a representa!ion which I had made to Admirld Sir J. 11. Warren, requiiii),;: this rtintolcumeet on account of the disaster that had betallen our fleet on Lake Eric, and the danger to which the right division of die army in Upper Canada wag exposed by that circumstance. By the latest accounts from Major (general Uc R tt dated at liinoton; on the vdth MM. lam informed, that the enemy still menaced that post, but no attack had actually taken place. 'rue Ameriran Armada, under Major-Genet:ll Wilkinson and Commodore Chauncey, was at Grenadiers hind lon the 2dth, within .eistlitren mites of Kingston, where it had colluded, after • Diadem, Diomede, Fox, Nemesis, Success, Mat A ~~