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...eHILADLLriIA, K^^fo 2 \,
lioad Quarter's. .Cmtinemus I ;.Q. - '< •
SIR,
SINCE I had the honour of addreffirL ; ur
Excellency this morning, I have received
the inclofed papers from Major General Lord
Stirling, by which Congress will perceive that
the enemy have been completely disappointed
in their designs on the northern frontiers of
this date, and defeated with considerable loss.
The ^ddrefs, gallantry, and persevering ac
tivity exhibited by Colonel Willet on this oc
cafon, do hinfthe high&L honour. The c& &
du& of Major Rowley, and the,brave militia
under his common* at a critical moment,
merits particular commendations.
J have the honour to be,, villa the higbeft
^faa, veer Excellency's mod obedient fer
v. ° W. HEATH,
HE Excellency the President of Congress.
Extras of a Letter frem Major General Lord
'i : .r!:n^, anted Sarat^a, Adv. 6, 1781.
JH AV E received a letter from Colonel Wil
let, copy cf which is enclosed. The re
turns he alludes to were never sent. The
vigilant, prudent conduct of this officer thro'
the whole affair, was such as refleas the high
est honour upon the military charter; and
the effentidl service he has done his country
Will give him a pleasing remembrance in every
h< reh bread. The number he has taken,
killed and wounded, with the didreffed fixa
tion in which he left them, will amount to
bale fhortof a total defeat: Eightdays march
will Scarcely bring them to a country where
they can be Supplied with provisions.
(Copy) Fort Retf/aer, Now 2, 1781,
My Lord,
T YAVING just returned from purfuingthe
£ 1 enemy, my firft business is to acquaint
your L^rdihip of the particular transactions
that have taken pkce in this quarter from the
time of their firft appearance.
Eight o'/lock, P. M. of the z^th uk. I re
ceived advice th^t a considerable body cf the
enemy were difeovered in the upper part of
the Mohawk dillrift ; every means was insane
ly taken to collect the force of the country,
in order to oppofc them without loss of time,
so that by one o'clock the following day, I
was within two miles of Fort Hunter, with
between four and five hundred levies and mi
litia; there I learnt, that the enemy having
burnt several houses and barns at Warrerf
bein', had efeffed the river at a ford feme dif
tarce below, and were marching to Johnstown,
This obliged me to cross the river as soon as
podblc, and march by the Shortest route to the
place whither they were directing their course.
When within two miles of Johnstown, I was
informed they were already there, had halted,
and were busy in killing cattle belonging to
the inhabitants. Thus Situated, I was deter
mined to attack them as soon as possible, and
ordered the left wing of the few troops I had,
to perform a circuit through the woods,, and
fall on their right flank, while the right wing
advanced in front.
• A few minutes brought us in view of them.
The troops of this wing were pufted on to a
field adjoining to the ore pofEffed by the ene
my, where they displayed to the right and ad
vanced in a fine towards them, who retired
with precipitation to a neighbouring wood,
clofelypreffed by our advance, who began to
ftirmdh with them while the remainder cf the
wing was , advancing briskly in two columns.
In thi; pleasing Situation, without any appa
rent cause, the -whole of this wing turned
about arid fled, nor was it possible to rally them.
Anfield piyce which was left upon a height at
2 final! diftar.ee from the wood to Secure a re
treat, was abandoned, and fell into the hands
of the enemy. At this critical period, our left
wing commanded by Mrjor Rowley, of the
Massachusetts State, and composed of the mi
litia of this county, except about sixty of the
levies of the above state, made their appear
ance in the enemy's rear.
They soon regained every thing our right
wing had loft, and more. Night cameon, and
the enemy retired into the wood, leaving a
great number cf their packs behind them —
After marching fix miles, they encamped on
the top of a mountain. By information from
prisoners who made their escape from them in
the night, it appeared to be their intention to
Strike at the frontiers of Stone Arabia, in order
to furnith vbemfelves with provision. This
induced me to march to that'place the next
morning, where we remained all that day and
night, without hearing any thing further from
them, than that they were pointing their route
farther into the wildernHL It was now sure
they were unable to make anv sudden stroke
below the Little Falls, and in consequence,
on the morning of the 27th I removed to the
German Flatts, in order to be between the
enemy and their boats, which they had left at
Oneida Creek. On my way I learnt that the
party which I had detached to destroy them,
had returned without doing their duty. The
28th was passed in furnishing the choicest of
the troops with five days provisions, and sixty
Oneida Indians who had this day joined me.
It now appeared clearly, that the enemy, hav
ing given up the hope of returning to their
boats, were directing their march to Buck's
Inland, or to Offwapawehu. The troops in
tended to pursue them, to the amount of 4CC,
betides Indians, crossed the Mohawk at Fort
Herkimer, and encamped in the woods. The
day following we marched upwards of twenty
miles north, into the woods, through a snow
Rorm, and about 8 o'clock, A. M. of the morn
ing of the 30th, we fell in with the enemy,
between their rear guard and a detachment of
40 men, with fume Indians. These, it was
intended fhou!d procure a frelh supply of pro
visions, and follow after their troops, who
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Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
I Thursday last the Schooner Neptune, Capt.
§ L'Alement, arrived here from Cadiz, after a
I passage of 70 Days. She confirms the accounts
I (given in our paper on Tuesday last) of the
I Spanish armament defined for the reduction
lofI of the Island of Minorca, having taken posses
sion cf the whole of the faid.llland, except the
I principal fortrefs of St. Philip, into which the
garrison had with much precipitation retired,
iand it is expected must shortly submit, as they
were not prepared for such a sudden attack.
Captain L'Alement on his passage took a
I Packet from Charleftawn, bound to London,
4 with dispatches from Colonel Balfour to the
British Ministry; the dispatches were thrown
[ overboard, but a number of private letters
I were taken.
INEW-YORK, November 30.
I Latt Saturday the Rev. Mr. Caldwell,
IMinifter of the Dissenting Congregation, at
Elizabeth-Town, was ffict at the Point, by a
I Native of Ireland, named Morgan, one of the
1 rebel twelve months men. The Coroner's In
,queft brought in a verdid of willful murder
[againg him.
I His Majesty's ship Amphion, Capt. Bazelv,
has sent into this port, the fchconer Young-
ICromwell, cue of ' the New-London reptiles,
Iwhich has been very, mischievous in enter
-1 prizes again.? the British trade.
; were to Continue their route. Some of this
; party were taken, feme killed, and the rest
I dispersed. Their main body Set out on a trot
lin Indian file, and were puriued as warmly and
I closely as possible, until quite night. Our
I purluit they but once endeavoured to refill,
which was at a very bad ford on Canada Creek,
where they left Major Walter Butler and feve
ral more. (This is the fame Butler who com
manded the massacre at Cherry Valley in No
vember, 1778.) We have loft but one man
in the pursuit. Cur Indians were very useful,
and behaved with their usual alertness on such
occasions. Your Lordfaip knows they ate the
Ibelt cavalry for the service of the wilderness.
j Strange as it may appear it is true, that not
)withltanding the enemy had been four days in
' the wilderness with only half a pound of horse
,fiefh per man per day, yet in this famished
filiation they trotted 30 miles before they
flopped. Many of them indeed fell a facrifice
to such treatment. Their packs and blankets
were Brewed through the woods. All their
horses, except five, which were sent a confider
able distance forward in their van, with their
wounded, and a few prisoners, fell into cur
hands.
In this situation Ileft the unfortunate Major
Refs; unfortunate I call him; for he was
surely so in taking charge of so fine a detach
ment of men, to execute so dirty and trifling a
piece of business as he was sent on, at such
immenfebazard and exquisite toil. To fatigue
the brave troops any longer appeared urine
ceffary. The enemy who continued their
flight great part of the night, had got greatly
the Hart of us, and almost certain deftruaion
appeared before them.—A Seven days march,
rivers passable but upon rafts, a barren wilder
ness, in an inclement season of the year, to be
encountered with before they can obtain any
provisions; besides, our situation, had we pur
sued them # a day or two longer, might become
little better than theirs; for our Indians, and
many of the troops, in order to pursue them
with greater vigour, had thrown aside their
blankets and provisions, which were now twen
ty miles or more in our rear: In fine, we left
them in a situation, perhaps more Suited to
their demerit than a musket, a ball, a toma
hawk, or captivity.
I Ihall not attempt to give your Ldrdfhip an
account of the whole of the enemy's loss from
the beginning to the end of the affair. The
fields of johnftown, the brooks and rivers, the
hills and, mountains, the deep and gloomy
marfbes, through which they had to pass ;—•
thele mutt tell—these only can tell; and per
haps the officer, whoever he is, that detached
them on this paltry expedition. The de
solate region they traversed in ? their fight,
while we were pursuing them, lies upwards of
thirty miles north of Fort Schuyler.
It would be wrong in me to elefe this letter
without assuring your Lord !hip,-(hat the troops
in general, who were with me on this service,
supported the great fatigues they had to en
counter, v/ith a foldier-bke fortitude. To
Andrew Frink, Esq; formerly a Captain in
Colonel Van Schaik's regiment, but at prefect
a magistrate in this county, who performed the
I service of a brigade Major, 1 am under great
lobligations, for his particular attention, great
Idiligence, . and manly deportments, through
Ithe whole ofithis expedition.
i Inclofed is a particular return of the force of
I the enemy ; retuinsVf our killed and wounded,
I and such as shall be proper to transmit to yrur
ILordship, Mali be feat forward as soon as col-
Ileched. I remain with Sentiments of the greareft
leileem and refpei, your Lordship's very hum
ble Servant,
MARINUS WILLET.
IThe Hon. M^Vr General
Lord STIRLING.
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Thirty fourth ditto ico
Eighty fourth ditto, Highlanders 30
Sir John's 120
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Butler's Rangers 150
Yaugers 12
Indians 130
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