The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-16 00:00:00

OCT. IE.

At five p. m of the 2,1 inst. we ,o rived off Bah'. hI det Aiove
tart three wiles film Hamden.
Colonel John and myself landed on the Fouth si.!e of the Cove, to
tecommitre the ground and obtain intelligerce. Having; gained
the hills. we di-covered the enemy's reqnets advautageoosly ro't
ed au the highway leading to Hamden, ma the With side of the
Cov4.
• We -immediately r!etermieed to laud one btoodted and fifty
'men,
untic.K Major lttci el, to drive- the piequos and take tip their
gronti4. This nbjc ct was olithined by seven o'clock, and not
withstanding every difficulty, the Behr lc id the tops mule lance I
On the north lb Wt. of the Cove t.y ter, o'clock ; but it who. timid tin
possible to laud the at telery at the same pLee. The troop•
bivouacked oil the gloom! tl..ken posses-rm, of by rlpj,Bl. Riddel. It
rained incessaney dining the ui.ht. At (14 y break this morning the
tog cleared away for abort ter of NI) hour, which enabled me
to reconnoitre the (licitly by as er ; and I brood rt Lindiog place for
the at about two thir.ls of .1 mile from Bull's Head. Off thi•
place the troops halted tilt the artillery woe mounted, and hy six
the whole advasteed towards Hamden.
Tile boats tinder the immediate command of I. icutenatit Pedler.
the First of the Dragon, agree:dile to a pet viou• act anti' Well! Vlllll
Co.istiel J. lin. adv..reell in a line with the 6011 flank of the m's.
The Peruvian, Sylph, Dragon s tender, and has fraosport wore
kept a little in the rear of the ivserve.
(tor information stated the enemy's firce at fourteen liondred
men, and he had chosen a most exeellent position on a high hill.
About a quarter of a mile to the northward of the Adants fr:2ate
bad mounted eight 18-poitesiers. This fort was calculated roccumiand
both the highwa..,7 by which our troops had to ad. o' and the riser.
Ott a wharf close to the Adams. he hid moneted fiit• co eighteee-
pouuders, which completely commanded the river, which at this
place is lint Ahoy e three cables !coon wide, aid the hind or, each bide
is hiffh nod well u led.
A rocket boat under my immediate direction, but maecrty,rerl
by Mr Crinton.-runner, and Nit-. Small, midshipman, ' f the FY4-
ion. w..s advanced about a quarter of a mile a.heari of the hue of

boats.
So soon es the beats got within Dm •hot, tlic, err my operied I it
fie upon th. tit front the 1101 RO'l ‘4 hie!, was %v at sok. returned.
Onr rocketk were eetirvariy vrril .1:0•ettil. and evidently threw the
enemy into conftt inn. Meantime enr tioori ‘tortred the hilt with
the tvinost valiantly. Flefere 1• e rvt ‘4 'Oben coot! (...,ri:pe shot
of the wharf battery, the enertv -et tire to th, A 414111., and he ran
from hi- gnus the moment ottr trwps earrted the hill.

I joined the army about ten miontel after this event. Colonel
John and -mysulf determirea to lea.e a 'efficient firer
in possession of the hill. aml to pursue the enemv, ho WAS then in
Simla All the Baoszor rub 1. fl. int: at lull 'pro ft. The Innits ships
posited up -the river. preservina their ith the as ivy.
`rile enemy was too nimble t'sr us, anti most of weal c?,eaped into the
woods on our left • _ _

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On approaching 13-ntfor, the inhabitants, who hail opposed qs at
Hamden, threw off the.r military character, and as magistrA..s,
select men. &re. matte an uneonilitional surrender of the town. Ilere
the pursuit t.topped.
About two hours after into, Briza.lier-General Blake came into
the town, to deliVer himself a, a pri•oncr.
The General ;Ind other uri,urer-, am-tinting to one hundred and
ninety-one. were admitted to their parole.
Enclosed I have the honour to fairward to you lists of the vessels
we have captured or destr-yetl, and other neeessary reports. I. am
happy to it,form you that ()tor loss eon.ists only of one seaman In-long
lug to the Dracon, killed ; Captain Gen, of the 29t14 and seven
privates wounded ; one rank and Eli. missing.
I cannot close my i•eport, without expresaing the hiultest admi-
ration of the very gallant conduct of Colonel John; •the officers and
soldiers under his command ; row. exclusive of the battery before
mentioned. they had difficulties to contend with on Weir left %%web
(lid not fall under my observation,- as the enemy's field pieces in
that direction were masked. The ittninst exi:ted•between
the two services, and I shall tuber feel oblhzed to Colonel. John for
his readv co-operation in every thilig that WWI proposed. •1 he
officers and men bore the privation) inseitinable limn one confined.
means of accommodation with a theeifuluess that entitles them to
in warmest thanks. • • • • • - • •
I eat form on estimate of the enemy's absolute lass. From
stragglers I learn, that exclusive of killed and filis‘ing, upwaili
30 lay wounded in:the woods.' • • • I have the honour •to he, • &c.
ROBERT BARRIR, Capt. of his Majesty's ship Dragon.

663

((;APITULATION. ) .. •
To Captain Hyde Part:tr, commanding the naval forces ail
Lietitenant-Colonsl Andrew l'itkington, coninsaisiling the 'awl
totoe of hiss Britannic Majesty,. now
CEKTLKM —The forces lustier your counts:m(l having captives,
the torts in the neighbourbool nt R:tclutken.po,43,,.ssioi, of
the ten-itosy adjacent within the county of Washio2too, and the
Atuation of the c• entry h./tweets the Petiolocot River, and the
Piposistnaquaddy II;-y, as to preclude the hope that ass adequate force
cii•l tui niched i y 11+e U lied States for itA refection, we propo,e
a Capitillation, as d tier for otirs•A•liet'S hsnd in bel,a:t. of ttsr otti els
and s.•I sit is of the county nf NVarisii g on, to
give our parole ~t Lomitr that we will not, directly or is shieetly.
bear aIIIIIS, tit' in us v fiV IVC Britannic Mijesty King
eseutTs tlw Third. Kist!: of the United Kingdem of Groat Britain aini
e:and, his Stiece‘•+++. sold A the's, •iurin the preient war hew CM
G..e..t Britain mid the Unsteil Slate., 11:: on condition we have your
ai-nraucc, that while we remain in this situation, awl eon icier
ource Ivy. us des lie Rsiti h GOVtllllllelit until fisrtut.r or:ers,.
vhall have the ,ace awl fall rojeyineut of our private property, and
he pLitteted 111 the sAere*s, sprout wit tI ocesiliations.
Jt N FAV Ell BrigmlicrAlies4l.al, '24 hrizadc 10th
ds,isi! is, Car ~;r officers and twitliers of the 3 1 tegitnent
in the brigat'e
J: NI ES CA NI P ELI,, I.ieutcnasst-Colonel, cominandinz
vie Ist revisuctst. Insigade. 10th di, isitsu, tut ilitai*tir,
ett;re us awl soldier> to tiie Artist rgiitte(it.
These ter..l.:have erarte:l and apps o. tot or by nit,
11 Vi) E l It t 'apt. of his Maje-t:,'s ship Trnedos.
A. Pi I.k I N I.ON, Lieutenant-Culotta Cotuntantlitig.
Macchia,,, Sept. 13, nii4.

f.i‘t of vesseht captured awl iles•tro et! in the Pcnolocot, anti of
those kit on the stork-, ai near a. I ant able to ascertain.
('rq oreil Null brought 4.. t brig, (i ivii6olierz, 3 sloops.
I)..,troyed at lli.tmicti—tl;e Attains frigatc, 0f‘.26 guns, 18point-
clet 4, (me ut them armed ; bin tut by the enemy.
liangur —I ship, 1. brig, i4;ltookevt, awl 1 sloop ; burnt by

Lost since in am procession--a copper bon:mist: brig', pierced fol
gtilF., blot the Decatcur privatker, pierced for It; gnus. Note—
The pouilcx and %Ali:e capita( d at Hamden wcit putt on hoard those
vegsels.
Left on the stock% at 13:ingor--2 ships, 2 brigs, and ".1 schooners.
At Bretct:r --I ship, 1 briv, and 1. schooner.
At llarriogton--1 ship. 1 se.liooncr, on file stocks. • ,
Lett Ai liainden-1 ship, 1 liermaphroditebrig, and 2 schooners;
al% I I schooner oil the stocks.
Lift at Fratiklort on the stocks-1 schooner and some small
et aft.
To Rear Admiral Griffith.

R. BARRIE.

Return of Ordnance taken from the enemy on the Sd day f Scp-
temlicr, 1 FA.I.

Taken at ii:iltiden--23 iron 13 pounders, 2 iron 11 pounders ; 1 t
18 pounder* destroyed ; 1 i Inought away.
T.lken Bangor and brought 4way--'23 pounder brass guns, 1
iron 3 pomtdcr.
imon4ht away-17.
Erni) ,rlied-1 ammunition cart, 500 in pound shot, about 16
barrels of powder, and a quantity of wad., &c.
t illajefit*4 ships Peruvian and Sylph, Dragon'ei tender,
the Harmony transport.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZTTIT.

COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DOWNING !ITIIEET, OCT. 10, 1411.

A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to E irl
Bathurst, one of L Maje.ty's tie eletaries of State, its
yesterday receivedirom Lieut -Geo. Sir ticome Pei•vo,:t, {Mart.
Head Quarters, Montreal, An;. 1814.

MY 1..0 ttn—The sticcesttil result of tits gallant etatetptise
the enemy's small vessels 4,0' Fort .Erie, as tit tat It'll in the eit-
ciosed extract of a 4:-.ltateit from Ltent-Gen. Distlltititomi, having'
encouraged the expretat too that a favourable periosi had arrived tir
attaehii,4 the enemy in their c;:trunellitieru, the Lieut. Gr net at
,A as induced to order au asstudt itii•ui Fort Erie, and the %%1,0%6 eon-
tlectr.o with it, before the !Heal. on the Lint it.tant.
It is' with (INT coocurti I have 'now to acquaint yotir Lordship,
that uo:4;vitibtaudi.!4the::e wits the fairest prcopcct of SUCCUSS at the

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commencement of the attack, our troops were afterwards obliged
to retire without secompli,hiog their object, mid with very con-
bitleiable loss.

I have the honour to be, &r.
Earl 114thurst, GEORRR PREVOST.

Camp before Fort Erie, Aug. 1..
.SlR—Having reason to believe gel a sufficient intpression had
been pounced on the works of the enemy's fort, by the fire of the
battery which I had opened on it on the mot sting of the 13th, and
by which the stone htMding had been much injured, and the general
outline of the parapet and embravores very much altered, I deter-
snieed on aceaulting the place ; and accordingly made the necessary
arraegements for rotackieg it, by a heavy column directed to die
tiitremehmcmis on the side of Snake-hill, (which consisted of the
King's regimerd, and that of De Watteville's, with the thank com-
poies of thee e9th and 100th regiments, tinder Lient.-Col. Fischer,
of the regiment Dc Watteville,) marched ut four o'clock yesterday
aftereocce, in older to gain the vicinity of the point of attack in
antlicicait time.
It is with the deepest regret I have to report the failure of both
attacks, 'Adel; were made two hours before eay-light this morning.
The attack on the fort and entrenchments leading from it to the
Lake was matte at the same moment by two eolumns, one under
Drionmotid, 104th regiment, consisting, of the flank `
cympanii s 41st and 104 tit regiments, awl a body of seamen and ma-
rines, tinder Captain Dobbs, of the royal navy, on the fort; the ,
ether under Col. Scott, Io3d, consisting of the 101 l regiment, snp-
roiled by two companies of the Royals, was destined to attack the
enticoelnueots. These columns advanced to the attack as soon as
the tiring upon Cui. Fischer's column was heard, and succeeded.
after a depurate resistance, iu making a lodgment in the fort
through the embrasures of the demi bastion, the gnus of which they
had actually turned against the enemy, who still maintained the
Stone Building, when most unfortunately some ammunition, which
bad been placed under the platform, caught fire from the firing of
the gums to the rear, and a most tremendous explosion followed, by
which almost all the troops which had entered the place weredread-
fully mangled. Panic was instantly communicated to the troops
(who could not be persuaded that the explosion was accidental);
and the enemy, at the same time, pressing forward and commencieg
a heavy fire of musqueti y, the fort was abaudoned, and our troops
retreated/towards the battery. I immediately pushed out the Ist
battalion Royals, to support and cover the retreat, a service which
that valuable corps executed with great steadiness.
Our loss has been levy severe in killed and weimded ; and I am
sorry to add, that almost all those returned " may be con-
sidered as wounded yr killed by the explosion, and lett in the hands
of the enemy.
The failure of these most important attacks has been occasioned
by circumstances which may be considered as almost justifyiug the
momentary panic which they produced. and which introduced a
tl.,gree of eonfosiou into the columns which. in the darkness at the
to4lit, the utmost exertions of the officers were ineffectual in re-
moving.
The officers appear invariably to have behaved with the most
perfect cooitiess and bravery ;nor could any thine exceed the steadi-
!less and order with si liirh the advance of Lientetomt Ccilonel
Fischer', bri jade %vac made, until emergiug from a thick wood, it
foood itself suddenly stopped byan abbattis, and within a heavy
tire ot innscitlt:(l.); an,l guns front behind a formidable entrenchment.
Willi regard to the centre alai left columns, under Colonel Scott,
awl Lientenant•Colonel ninmond, the persevering gallantry of
both officers and men, until the milortimate explosion, could not
be so; passed. Colunel Scott, 103 d, and Lieutenant• Colonel Drum-
mond, 104th regiments, who commaioted the centre and left attacks,
nr.te tutfortinintely killed, and your Excelleecy will perceive that
almost every officer of these columns were either killed or wounded
by the enemy's tier, or by the explosion.
tHere follows a high panegyric on the officers, &e.l
1 have the honour to be, &e.
G mum N DRUMMOiii) Lieut.-Gen.
hiis Excellency Sir George Prevost, Bt.

Camp, Almost 13,1614.

Stn,—l have the kotootte to report to you, fiir the information of
Lientenmet General Drummond, that, in compliance with the
instructions I received, the brigade under my command, consisting
of the 9th, aril De %Vatter'lle's regiment, the light companies of the
29th and tootb, with a detachment of artillery, attacked this morning
at two o'clock the position of the (mealy oil Snukc Hill; and to my
great concern tailed in its a/tempt.

OCT. H.

The Hank companies of the brigade, who were formed under Me
orders of Major Evans, of the King's regiment, for the purpose of
turniag the position between the Snake hill and the Lake, met with
a check at the abbattis, which was found impenetrable, and was
presented by it, to support Major de ViUnite, of 1)e Walter Rhos
and Captain Powell of the Quarter Master General's department,
who, actually with a few men. had turned the enemy's battery.
The colnum of support, consisting of the remainder of De Wiit-
teville's and the King's regiment, forming the rest rye, in marchiog
too near the Lake, found themselves entangled "between the rocks
and the water, and by the retreat of the iLiek companies, were
thrown into such contusion, as to render it impossible to give the,
any kind of formation during the darkness of the night, at which
time they were exposed to a most galling fire of the cm my 'A battery,
and the numerous parties in the abhatis, and 1, ain pert ctly con.
whim), that the great mind er ut mi-sing are men killed or severely
wounded, at that time, when it was impossible to give them any
assistance. After daybreak, the troops foruted and retited to the
Camp. I enclose a Lewin of the casualtica.
I have, &c.
(Signed)

J. FISCH Ell, Lieutenant•Coloncl De
Wattevilles Itvgiment.

Return of-Killed, IVonnded, and Missing of the Right Division in
the Assault of Fort Erie, the 15th of August, 1814.
TOTAL.
Killed-2 lietitenatit-colonels, I captain, I lieutenant, 1 serjeant,
drummer, 31 rank and tile.
Wounded-1 deptity-assistant.quarter-master-general, .1 ro;.jor,
captains, 11 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 1 master, tt seamen, 20 serjeants
5 drummers, •.'5O rank and file.
,Missing-1 dcputy-asvistant-tinarter•mavter-general, 1 captain, 3
lieutenants, t ensigns, 1 midshipman, 1 adjutant, 7 seamen, 41 ser-
jeatits, 5 drummers, 479 rank and file.
The list of killed and r.oaded has already appeared in the National
Register.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBTR 11, 1214.
[Transmitted by Sit J. L. Yen.)
Niagara River, near Fort Erie, schooner Somer.',
August 13, IPI4.
SlR—Having succeeded in gelting my .gig arni fire batteaux •
across finin the Niagara River to Lake Erie, a distance Of eight
miles, Inc land, I last night attacked the enemy's three schooners that
had anchored close to Fort Erie for the purpose of flanking the ap-
penuche% to that fort. Two of them were cam tied sword in hand
in a few minutes, and the third would certainly have fallen, had
the cables nut been cut, which made us drift to kewatd of her
among the rapids.
The schooners taken are the Ohio and Somers, commanded by
Lieutenant*, and mounting three long 12.-pounders, with a com-
plement of 35 men each. My gallant friend, Lieutenant Radcliffe,
and one seaman, fell in the act of boarding, which, with tour wound-
ed, is- our loss, The enemy had one mem killed and 3, even wounded ;
among the latter i 4 Lieutenant Conklin, commanding the squadron,
as well as two of his officers. 1 have the honour to be, eke.
• ALEXANDER DOBBS.
Commodore Sir J. L. Yen, Commander in Chief, &c.

A Return of Killed and Wolin(lAA in an Attack on two of the env-
iny's schooners tinder ,Voit la ie, on the night of the lAi of
Angast, 1814.
KlLLED.—Char!es Radcliffe, acting Commander ; William Acton,
seaman,.
iYoutsi 1nn...-. James Hudson and John Bowen, seamen, ;
Thomas Roued and Joseph Dickson. private marines, beverdy.

BAN K RU PTS. •
W. Millett, jun., of itilsom, Gloucestefshire, dealer, to surrender
Oct. 14, Nov. !), and (.112, at twelve, at the Bush Tavern, Brist(ol,
Attornics, Sir S. Whiteombe and hisig, Serjeatit's 1110, Elect street;
and Mr. Frankis, lii ism!.
G. Adam, of St. Min's square, Clerkenwell, jeweller, Oct. 15. "2.1,
and Nov. 11, at twelve, at Guildhall. A ttornies, Aleuts. Fisher,
square, Foster hole.
J. Pritchard, of Bath, tobacconipt, Oct. 15, 2'2, and Nov. '22, at
twelve, at Guildhall, London. A litanies, Mr. Garner, Chester; and
Alr. Huxley, Trmple.
S. Chanaley, of Etchells, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer, Oct.
21. 12, and Nov. /2, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Stiikport. Attor.
iiies, Badirlen Stockport ; and Messrs. Milne and Paull TM'
isle, I 0114031.