The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-31 00:00:00

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412rivEc.:--fjpwar:i.; of 10,000 militia fruit' tler-
thiem, nine, tl/4c. marched fOr. La Chine•
*ud the OM of tte Islatid, on -t!^e first rumour of
inva4on, to oppose the* (molly.
!nititmer of the 1500 marines, and about
401, ~I.i;.ms hire armived here the past week (be-
of Nov ) they have also marched on to
recrive the cnentyoupon his first approach into the
prov voceshon.ht he dare to make the attempt,
h wilt he st n by the Quebec arrivals, that a
constdcsmahic• mini .Icm of tmoop;i have arrived at that
plate. In adnition to these, we learn train gen-
tlemen who l.pie Gately left Quehee, that about
500 of the 70th mailmen( Were landed.

tiENFAtAi. ORDER.
ticao-rottuters, I,a, Chine, Nov. 13, 1313.

" The t3ovcrnor in UM and (nunnander of.
the Forces, has the sotisfaction to announce to
the troops; that the Corps of Observation with the
division of gun,boats which he had ordered from
'Kingston to follow the movement of the enemy's
army under 4)Lijor-Ciencral Wilkinson, and to he
pheen under the command of Lieut.-Color el Mor-
rison ot the'Both regiment, has Completely defeat-
ed a large division of the American army, consist-
ing of cavalry, ritlenien, and infantry, exceeding
4000 men, which attacked it on the 1 Rh inst.
near Crystler's, about twenty miles above Corr .
wall, taking from the enemy one field-piece, six-
pounder, Und four hundred prisoners. M his Ex-
cellency is not yet in posseSsion of the particulars
of this brilliant achievement, he cannot specify
the loss sustained by either ; that 'fcr the enemy is
represented by an eye-witness to the 406011; to
have been very consderabli.
" It lras further been reported to his Excellency,
that Lient....Colonel Morrison, with the,Sgth re-
PT oiment, -and Capt. Mnlcuster of the.4oyalyNavy,
with a division ot gun-boats, had effected a land-
ing-at Hamilton, where they were put in posses-
sion, by the inhabitants of Om place, of- all the
public stores left there for the use of the Auteri-
can army, and among other articles, they restor-
ed to them the gm ids which had been taken on
board of t 4 seven merchant batteaux belonging
to Montreal;captuiTil a few weeks ago and atter
destroying the public buildings, our force again
united and continued to hang on the enemy's
rear.

" Excellency tins also a report from Cape,
Mu!easter of .the Royal Navy,- stating bis having
brought over ,'ruin Ogdensburg to Prescutt, a
threc-incb, and a ten-latch brasMortar.with cheir
stores, and a large supply of p-rovisions ,which
bad heen.drposited there by the American arniy.

will also be satisfactory to' the 'tsooPa to
learn that onr loss of brave and gallant soldiers
w;is not considerable ; neither Lieutenant Colo-
ileih Morrison, Harvey, or Pearson, had,sullereil
on Abe occasion, and on the I.3th the daring little
blind were renewing their MolestiitiOn of the ene-
thy. pr6gress towards Montreal, where Ma-
jor.Geour ii IVilkinson had publicly declared it
was the orilers of his Government to take' up his
'
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" Ti:is ()ht to be publicly read at the head of
vy regiinv4t of regular troops and battalion of

" By his Excellency's Command,
" EI)W. BAYNES, Adj. Gen."

GENERA!. ORDER.

`l." Comtpanfler of the Forces has the deepest
tew et in annattneing to the Army, that Lieut.
Ititfewtein, Stan', Adjutant, arrivedlresterday,
nod is the bearer of the following- unplultslint in-
telligence :—That Major4i'en. Proctor,,;; having
enstaine::, by the unfortunate capture of the hplit-
Crroll Leal;e Erie, the loss of a very considerable
port,o:l or his military force, 'which' was serving
on hoard that fleet, as well as the principal heavy
ordnance necessary for the defence of his military
troaitions, commenced his retreat from the Fort of
Sandwich on 4he 24th of September, having pre-
viously dismantled t,he posts of Amherstberg and
Detroit, aiul burled' and destroyed every public
building and stores of every description: -
The retreating regular forces consisting of a
simill.detachinent'of royal artillery, a troop of pto-
viacial uragoons, and the Nllltilt)s qf. File 41st re-
giment, in all, about 450 rank. ncl.fth-!-•-which
accomp ',tiled by a body ofindian I.l;trriors,
from) 10 to 1500.
The enemy's fleet anti army appeared,oll Am.
lierstburgh on the ‘26th of -September,"and landed
nn the'l'ollowing day, but 80011 re-endinrkedtheir
troor, and proceeded by Labe Sc. Clair to the
mouth of the Thames River. The American army
was:agrtitt landed, and accompanied by gun-,boats,
foili,tveit the route of .11.1ajor-General, ProctOr's
corps, vvhich, having been much ret► rded. by the
slow progress Of his loaded batteaux, they were
enabfed to come up with the vearguiird and
Wafted boat% on the ;id inqant, and-succeeded in
capon ink the. whole. Alnior-Gen, Proctor being
thus deprived of the -meatiS of supporting his
littic.army wad" under the necessity of ,arwaiting
the enemy's attack,;. which took 'place at fOur
o'cloek on the eveuing of the sth hist. near the
rtlfnravian
) , ,

A 4ix pounder on.the tlarac, tra4, by some Itu-
pal4lo;lable hvg!ect , ~,,..stititte of aonninition,
uodtne cr;enly, ~-!f of thii unforti)-
tilte . tLat p tit ut the
liato WriioS V.':11a11!, •' mcillery, Was
t.orced by the bnperior •.: enenty.,—
M4ior-a,:tieral Vroctor L:st rte l bilo.',Al7 to rally
tt,v o
•ttf,lps, who, being ..exhatv,zed with latlktie,
vot inivag received ivrniy p.t isieus the preceding
ckv-, wire unable to tnal:e adequate exertions to
resist: the supe:ior tivwnhers by ‘vnich they were

t,alet.yolitlajor-Gen. PrOctor, the officers
peTatoyal atatt, and i.:,ottte few others, tog‘b-
,!cr volt} i2)otlt fifty men, hi-A.3 old)? Is -yet beet,
Indian warriors retreated to-

enemy's forces employed on this service is
imatcd from I() to 1'2,000 strong, including
tri;ops of I.:Very dcdeript. ion. •
Ala). tIAYNES, Adj. Gm n. •
jdoutrcal, Oct. 2t3, 1818.

EN tract of a letter from Quebec, dated 4th ult'.

received here .--
Celont can, with the detachments of the

atikt 89til tegi*Ont dinittiuttu4
nnlrtl here -yestertlayr;',Without a Lingle 'tow: on
the sick report. The rii*ll relll;thk at thi gafos(l,l
proceed iinutediately to their
teginietitt atKinotot)."
Wiikiiisonlinti his arniyieft thel3ritish shore of
the river, and crossed over th the American
near on Friday last.- What new road
'to Montreal he is going to find ant now, we can-
not tdl.s .but. to Montreal he must come, In obe-
dience to the•order of his tioernment..."..,,li,Qutbec
Gazette, 'Nov. 18.