The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-14 00:00:00

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SATURDAY'S LONDON GAt'ETTE.

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COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DOWNING- STREET, NOV. IL
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aispatvh, of which the ((Wowing k an extract. way this day re,
ceived by Eat! Bathurat, one ot his 'Bart 13•inCman ndmg ipt&Secretar Ins
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of State, from LientaGen. G Prevost, . na
Majesty s farces in•Natrili America.
• . Head-quarters, St.-David's Niagara Frontier, Aug. 21, 18t3.
Major-Genera! Proctor Weiner given way to the clamour :of our
Indian safes, to act offeesively, moved forward on the 20di
with about 3-9 of the Atst rgiment, and between 3 and 4000 In-
dians, and Go .the ~;(1 instant, attempted to carry, by assault, the
blticla.::otaes and works at Sando,ky, where the eremy had con-.
ecutrated a considerable force. The Incliaos, however, previously
to the assault, withdrew
,themselves fi oia out of _ the leach of the
7itnemy's fire.
The handful of his Majesty's troops employed onalik occasion,,
displayed the greatest bravery ; • nearly the whole of- them having
irtachtd the fort, and made every effort to enter it ; but u tarlliog
fiqd destructive fire being kept up by the enemy, within the block-
Wisest and from behind the picketting, which completely. protected
them, and which we had not the. means to force, the -Major-eteneral
thought it most prudent not to continue long& r.so unavailing a cora
test : he accordingly. drew off ON assailants, and returned to Sand-
wich, with. the loss.of 25 killed, as many missing, and abant 40
wuntided. Automat the- former are Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Shoat,
and Lieut. J. G. Gordon, of the 414 raginient.
lam happy to be able to acquaint your Lordship, tlekt it appears
by finthenacconnts received front Major-General Proctor to the
23d instant, that the enemy had been diaappeinted iu au attempt to
create distrust and disa. ffeetion amongst our Indian allies, by a de-
potation of chiefs, scat oy them for that purpose, and taint in a talk,
which took. place betwevn the Deputies from the American Indians
and the Chiefs of our Indian warrior-, the contempt with which
Gtaie• al Harrison's proposals were received by the latter, and the
determination expressed -.by them (0• adhering to the cause of their
Great Father in England, .appeared sea-ibly to affect the Deputie9,
and affords.- strong grounds to believe that the nations whom they
represented will not btaindured to.take np arms against us, or their
Indian brethren acting with us..
Oa my arrival at thin frontier, I 4'oniul two thousand Britiab sol-
diers, on an extended line. cooping up in Fort George, an Anita-ken
force t acceding four thousand men : teeling desirous of ascertaining
in person .the extent of the civility's works, and of viewing the means
be pos*eled for defendiog rite .piition tie occupied, I ordered a
general demonstration to he mule oti Fort Gertge, to commence by
the attack and surprise of all the. American pietpiets thrown out in
its front.. This set vice was executed to. my eatife satisfaction; the
picquets were driven in, a great prat of them being taken, with a
very trifling joss. and I found myself .'lose to the fort, and the new
entrenched comp which is faimed on the -right of that wmk, both
of them crowded with men, bristled with comma, Iliad supported by
the fire fame Fort Niagara,. on
.the epaosite side of the river ; but
no provOcation could induce the Amaritain army to leave their
places of sheltem, and venture into the field. • Having made a dis-
play of my force in- vain, a deliberate retreat ensued without a
casualty. .
Since I had the honour of addriasiug your Lordship on the. Ist
instant, every possible. exertion. has been made by Commodore Sir
:lames Yen-,.but in vain, to. brim the enemy's sqnadron to a deci-
sive action : repeatedly has he caliiad them battle, and as re-
peatedly stave they deei;ned it, - which their great supt.riority
sailing, together with the light. and baffling win& prevailing on the
Lake at this -season, has enabled them hitherto eflectually to do.
He, however, was fortunate enough, on the. night ut the Loth inst.
to get so close in with the enemy, as to remit r an action inevitable,
unless they chose to sacrifice two at their schooneis in order to avoid
it; to thin sacrifice they submitted, and Sir James had the satis-
faction, after a few shots had been fi..ed, to take poi:-ea-ion of two
very floe schooners, the one carraiiia arc long thirty-two-pounder
and two long sixtsouid the other cue long
-thirty-two laeluder
and one long twelve, with a complement of forty nien each. Having
proceeded to York for the purposq ut ratitting, his prize,, he sailed
from thence with them in purseit ado, enemy on the 13thinetant,
and having followed them doWn the on the 1711 i, again saw
them on the Loth, hot was unable to come up with them. On the
night proceeding that of the capture of the atfove vessel-, two of the
enemy's largest schooners, carrying nine ::nog each, oveiset and sunk,
sail to keep from our squadron, and, excepting sixteen
board peristeff, in numbers about ove

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