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LONDON,
ruEsn.iit DECE,XBER 28, 1813.

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IIitILLIANT VICTORY IN AMERICA,-;DEFEAT OF
GENEIUL 'WILKINSON, AND FRUSTRATION OF
.111 E VAUNTED INVASION OF LOWER CANADA!
By accounts from Montreal to the 21st ult.
tvhicla We have just received, the above satistar.-
tarY athi gratifying intelligence has reached us.—
The last invasion of Canada ha's had no better fate
Th'in the first ; and the defeat of WILKINSON iS
.44151aa improved edition of the defeat of.his col7=
league ttivter down the St. 1/Lwrence, the, Mos,
t""4l4rt mptotr, 11110., at the head of 7000 nien,
'suffrcti himself to be beat by 3Qo,.at Chateatgay,
al the no less heroic WILKINSON has' permitted
" Bien to beat 10;000 at Crystler's-farm. We
cannot du better titan copy the pertinent remarks
11)ade on this brilliant exploit in the Canadian
Col(rmit, of the Otlt November : •
" The immense preparations which the enemy
have been so long making, by concentrating the
qe:e of their force in the vicinity of Lake On-
tario, for the'avowed purpose of invading Canada,
bavhig been at length matured, their granclArmada
8616"er*i• PA-boats., !mows, and bateaux, to,
The mnitber of more than three hundred, having
""'"'d 10,000 troops, and a large and well ar.
aoi"Zui
ctlic of train of artillery, the whole under the
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Major-General 'Moos-sot:, proceed 4
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down the St: .I.awrence, on the 3d ins;ant, and
having succeeded on the 7th in passing Prescott,
'any material loss, a part of their farce
t:Hlsiiting of 5001) men, together with several
r4/1d pieces, under Brigadier-General BOYD,
44 on the Bth at Fort Iroquois, about fit-
.eell miles below Prescott, on the Canada
th°re. where being joined by three hundred dra-
°llls from Hamilton, it continued slowly and
rah great caution to advance towards Cornwall.
44%n as they) movements were known at King-
! gt°4, a corps of observation under the command
of Li4tltyttant-Colonel "Afoul:ls3W,, consi4ting of.
lie remains of the 49th regiment_ and of the 60th
t•ginteut, which had been ordered by his Excel-
. lener the commander of the, Forces, to hold itself
lit readiness for that purpose, together with -a di-
. %ion of gun-boats, under the command of Capt.
lauttuarrzn, of the Royal Navy, were imme-
ilately .dispatched in pursuit of the enemy, and
ljng joined by Lieut.-Cal. Psaft6ol4, With part
the garrrson of Prescott, overtook them on the
.`h, and on that and the following days so•effee-
t"4 harassed their rear, that General BOyu was
lndneed °o'the 11th to bring forward his whole
force, and
to make the attack, the glorious result;
74i0litrdetalled in the General Order we have
44/ulisl'id'ln our paper of this tiny.
"SocomPletely disheartened were the enemy by
their losses ou this Occasion, and So apprehensive
of the consequences of the further opposition they
Night expect on their nearer approach to Mont-
'o, that they re-embarked in their boats on the
rtth, anti crossed with great precipitation to St.
"
iv) and from thence proceeded to the Salmon
Iv", which their whole flotilla entered, and
Nthere it now remains. When we 'consider the
l'at"rc and extent of the Enemy's preparations in
t(ler to insure their socce,is in this expedition,
ti,
..t number of the troops employed upon it, and
the character of the ,oflicer eminnanding at,
,we
ca"/14t sufficiently- admire the gallant elturts of the
l aotlful of brave men which have so effectually de-
feat•d it. To the determined valour and steady
dtselpline of the small band of heroes, under Lieut.
1' Tl N okalso, we'ovve • it, that this formidable
f
t.,!"f the enemy has been checked in its career
•.11143,• •• •
.e 'it had • even approached the frontier of
'Law •
er Canada, and that an enterprize from which
so much had been expected by them has terminated
1,33 th Si r 'complete discomfiture and disgrace. Their.
action .bas been since ascertained tobe
4fluch
gr
41, ',ater than was at first supposed. More
gars 100 prisoners remain inoto posession—nearly
tf battle,
number of dead was found upon the; field
u and from several of their deserters, We
:le"tand that they acknowledge One Thousand
4 to have been put hors de combat on this 9c-
ea9icm

136gadier,GClleral COVINGTON, and a Lieut..
t"nel PURSTON) have died of their wounds,
4," bevetid- other officers of rank are also said to
:t wounded. The last accounts which have been
ttelv4vl resnecting the Ptipmv, state them to be