The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-11 00:00:00

who bad joined ate AtneriCatt artnir. in
he American picket gn'ard, who
were within one fourth of a 'like of the main ?Indy,
were entirely cut oil; t!,..; -centinels surprised and
taken prisoners, and no alarm given -Until the
enemy set up in the midst of the eamp.the Indian
war hoop---With this cry they rushed, into the
American encampment, and took possession of a
numbetof cannon, which they fatally turned ag..onst
our troops. The confusion became general.
Winder Was tal:ea prisoner, by niistaking as bo;ly
of the enemy who were directing • the cannon--
Chandler Was also captured after having hi 4 horse
shot under him, and himself slightly wounded—
Major Vandeventer is among the prisoners'of this
tb,y with about 200 of our_men. The iiinnhtl- of
killed is stated to have been. 30 on the American
side,and 90 on the British ; g whom is .111a-
jot. Clark, supposed of the 49th regiment. ,
The same day, Sunday the tith, in the forenoon, ,
the. American forees retircd ial gt eat disorde.:,
ittt-
der coninnind of. Col., Burns of the dragoons, leklV-,.
big their dead on the field. In their r,,rivat they
were joined by the reinforcement which left
Newark on Friday previous, under command of
Gen. Chandler. The news of this disaster reach-
ed Newark by express on Sunday night: Gene-
rals Lewis and Lloyd, at one o'clock on Monday
morning, left that place to take Command id our
retiring forces, and. joined them on the same
day.
• On •Tuesday morning .at an early hour, the,
British fleet made their appearance oft the 'Forty
Mile Creek, where the American army thew laid,
and demanded by a flag its immediate sariender.
General Lewis received and treated this de;it
with great indignation.. Au anti* was then made
upon the American boats, elf of which escoped
excepting nine, Containing baggage of the officers.,
84c. the residue of whichiras prevented by the Bri.-
tish landing a. force to protect them. After the
rencounter, the residue of the American in my ef-
fected a retreat to Fort George-,—having lost in
the different engagements IOW.), men, in killed and
wounded and prisoners. 'they reached Fort:George'
on Thursday last. We are further,infornied, that
on Saturday evening, preparations were making
for a retreat from Newark, boats being stationed
along the cast bank' of the river. Great donster-,
nation prevailed at that, place. Cidonel Proctor
and forces had joined Gen.• Vincent, and were on
Friday, it is said, within twenty suites of Fort
George, • •

General Dearborn being, quite ill, was to have
left Newark on Sunday, the 13th instant, for
Albany. .
BALTIMORE, Jul.F. 17.—The following extracts
we make by perfniision front a letter written by a
gentleman in a volunteer corps, to his relative in
this city :

" Camp at Fort George, June 9,

I walked down to tile bench yesterday morn- 1
ing to see some English prisoners brought in
boats the night betaire, from a place called Forty
Mile Creek. They are clean, smart lOoking
fellows.
" Gen. Chandler had taken •the cointnand.he-
fore ot;r army was surprised by General Vincent.
Our camp, they say, was badly and loosely laid
out. The British advanced, silently with fixed
bayonets—not a musket was ''allowed 'to be load-
ed, for fear of blowing their design. Some offi-
cers andi men advanced at some distance ahead
of •. them, who hailed, amused, and stabbed
some of our centincis ;• pretending to give the
countersign. The advanced guard was first alarm-
ed by hearing the dying groans of a sentry who
had been run through.. Five pieces of light ar-
tillery were,seized and fired against our • troops.;
and they say, that Gen Winder was made pri-
soner in milting a desperate attack on the
,British
to retake them. ..
" The regiments in the centre and rear never
got to the assistance of the front. .The Mb re-
giment, when formed, Was -broken through by
onr cavalry, that had• cut rlleir way through the
49th British regiment, and could not stop. Ow-
ing to that and the darkness, some of its compa-
nies. unfortunately. eugda .their own inch. Col.
Pearce, a very good man, was left sick at this
place, and Colonel Dennis' had cleared out for
Philadelphia, after being only two or three daym
on the lines ! Captain Steel had the cu_ umand ;
he was wounded and taken prisoner. Colonel
linty and Colonel Milton arc said. to have saved
the army.
" I don't know why our army was ordered to
comeback. They say every man and officer .was
in a rage at losing an opportunity to be revenged
on the English and Indians.. Perhaps the appear-
ance of the British fleet Off this place frightened
some people." •

(Alban Argus, .'Extia, Junelo.)' •
tit,yestert;ay conversed with Capt. Canfield,
of the 23d, who left Fort. George on 'Monday
se'nn,ight, and last 'evening with Mr. 'Wood, of
Platsburgh, whp _left it Tinirsday evening subse-
quent, and Buhim last Sunday. These gentle-
men corroborate the accounts we have published
.of.tbe aetiou on.the morning Of the 6th, ut
mile creek, and Captain Canfield,gave us reason
to hope that a subsequent battle bad been. fought,
whien had- terminated more successfully for our
armsbut the information communicated by Mr.
Wood has dissipated our hopes.--Our loss is
stated at from 20 to 30 killed, and 1.50 made,,Fi-
soners. One hundred of the enemy remained
dead. upon the field, and about .60 Were made
prisonev. General Vi•ttaelst was not killed, as has
been supposed. The opinion arose from the eh.,
entnstance of his horse, hat, &c: being found ern
the field of battle at day-light, and from that of
the enetnyhaving sent in two or three flogs, to
inquire whether he was killed or a prisoner. A
person answering his description was seen by Our.
scouts towards evening making for .the British
camp, with American serjeant in company
whom it was conjectured .hp had bribed to, facili-
tate, his escape after he had-been mode prisoner,
and before his rank tvasdiscovered.—The British
fleet had landed a reinforcement, and captured six
or seven of our boats.' _The comuntnieation being
ciat off by water, it had been found very ( over
t&
tranort provisions to the army by landhiitl ,
roatk, and 'where teams, could not be pro-
citred. The army-had from these.and other causes
fallen' bark ott Fait Grorge, on Thursday. The
Briti4ll fleet was still insight; derived