The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-08 00:00:00

Med only, the reniaieelier Of his deteehinent
stationed at the two he:eel-les pn his •: leek
theiie officers tvere severe!y ..votinded, the fere
t keit priSne er • "-ietwiek ,
;_a c ,
the Norfoli- ali7 i, t•eneed nt ;he ferry., on
Ilearine, the repprt of nitiseetry, immediately
tiered the men ender his commend to feral, z-tiel
mitreheti to tirt point 'Of attack,; a.i:ter haying trt
ChatigCti a fetv rounds with the enemy, ,anti findieg
he was of seperior force, lie retired. Lit:men:int
Bryson, of the. militia artillery, intlinee the emmeiny
gaiping.possegshne of the 'arteries, and being
able to defeaff lhimeelf figainht.''inch a superitir
foree, immediately siiiked the 24-pounder in the
belf-Moon battery, prior to its falling into the
hands of the enemy. The sentries at 'Fort. Erie
hearing afire in the direction of the batteries,
Major' °tensity marched at rwo-oscioek, with the
detitchmeht of the , 49th regiment,' coniiisting Of
eighty mebe to meet the. .eeetny and to sup--
port the batteries ; leavingTCaettiiii W'uelan et...-
cording to directions Lhothefore given in ease of
nit attack, with the light coMpany of the New,
foundland regiment, to defend that fortress :Mier
Ormsby advanced towards' the batteries, by the
back road, to :support Lieutenant Lamont, but
having met with Lientiemant Bryson, of the militia
artillery, who informed him, that the enemy.were
itepcssession Of-the batteries, it being then dark,
be changed his direction, and moved to the ‘right
ilong the front 'road, below the-batteries, with
a view-of .falling in with some patt ,of Lima.
Lamont's detachment, and likewise another perty
omiehe left, consisting of thirryetive men, station-
ed opposite to 'the end of 'Squaw 'eland, coal-
minded by Lientenant,Battley, bnt,Who it up.
pears, had moyed'from thenee, eerly in the morn,-
ing,' to the left, 'where the enemy, had likewise
landed their troops, opposite to this place:
Lieutenant 13:trtley Attacked time eneiny, Con,
sitting of about two hundred and fifty men, ;old
kept • up a fire upon -tits boats for about fifteen
or twenty minutes, When he (*served a party coin-
ing towards hint, which , he took to be our
tia ; but finding them 'to be a party of the enemy;. •
and a number of his men being killed, wonntled,
•or missing; be retired, crossing Frenchman's
Creek at the niill, tt little above which he joined
Major Ormsby, heVieet, only sixteen or seventeen
men left. Major Ormsby, whose detachment con-
tinued their march to. Frenchman's Creek, *as
fired on from-a noice Übove the bridge by a poly
of the enemy, and listing returned their fire with
tw,o orthree rounds from his detacfunent, he sac;
eeeded 'in passing the bridge; although partly de-
stroyed by the enemy. He here halted to ascer-
tain the forde opposed to him ; but as it still Cone
Ahmed very dark, he could neither see the enemy,
nor dicover his movements. Ild then proceed•
ed about a mile farther on 'the road downward;
where heewas joined by, Lieutenant M‘lntyre,
of the light in 41st regiment, and remained
there until, daylight, where I arrived, and itumee
diately advanced with the whole•of the force kre,
i-Oneentrated under Major Ormsby and Mejer.
Hatt, of the sth Lincoln militia, hiving under his
command the different companies of militias vu thin
line, conSistingOf about three hundred men, to-
wards this place, with a light six-pounder, ‘‘ltert-...
toolecaptain 'King, of the United States •in-
lantry; and and about thirty rank and file, pei,
soncrs. The enemy at this time were crossing the
rieer Wlth a considernble number of boars, hayirig
about' thirty. men -in eech, making towaids the
rand. • I..orilered the six-pot-toilet' to open upon
them, 'which was ably directed by Itombetelier
Jackson, 'of the royal artillery: and acted with
inech execntion, I funned the line on the blink,
Major'Ormsby lend, the 49th being on 66 right :
after a few rounds from our mintsletry, the epenty
retired to the American shore behind Stleaw 'Wand,
having sustained considerable loss. _The Indian
waeriors under Major Givene haying heists the
report of our fire, imomeditAtely joined- us ; l then
marched with the lightentopeny df the 41st to
Certain the number and position of the/enemy in
our front, in which movement T received the
greatest assistance from Major GiVens, and' the
lediana under his command ;- the enemy hadl (lis-
Inounted.the guns and left the butteries': I ordered
the line to advance, and took' up a position in their
rear, waiting his further operations'. I had hetet
,
joined by.Lientenant-Colnnel Clerkeand.nis de-
tachment from Chippawa ; Captain Whelan
Continued in Fort Erie, and had not been attacked
during the absence of' Major Ormsby and hiede-
taelnnent ; the enemy kept up a Arong tire'on
Luce from their batteries' till One o'clock, when a
flag of truce came over to summons Fort Erie, and
to demand the'snrrentier.of that post to t ALM!'"
neon army. A copy of General`Smyth's letter
companies this dispatch : 1 sent Cept: Fitzgerulde,
of the 49th regiment, with my enswer,which vi has,
that thestroope under my command being sinfi-
cienteo repulse any attack from the enemy, and
having received reinforcements from below, I
shottld- not .agree to his request." The six-
pounder taken by the enemy in the morning, as
eillewise the three-pounders, were fotind 'without
leiving sustained the least inein-y. -,Great' credit ise!
dime to Captain Kirlly and the saltierY f • ti *.
eeertions in getting pp the guns on the?haatiter:Tsl,:
which by the morning of the 800 we succeeded
in, and having :been eyet.since in eqectatinn
attack, but which the enemy do trot think p •H;er
to to Captain Kirby, e iten'anes
Bild Ball, or the militia artitlery, .and
4C4s,)a, of air royat drtiikry, the greatcs, erofit
is,clue, as welt as to Lieutenant-Colonl
Qua ter.Alueter-Qvnei.al of rtnilitia, nod
'Mint. Bernard, Aetin;
situ dtriVed tile greateetassistanee ions Lien-
tenant-Coloeel Chark, :cdatatarlditie the,
Mejor Ormsby, vorninuntliag #a det::teloNmt of the
49th regiment. and Major Hatt, of the ittm.
coin nittitimi, and all-officers in cormnand Of i,.!,irps
and Companies, unoer my orders. The Nereilk
uniitia, under the command of Captain Bost e;eli,
gave t( strong proof of time valour which has mile
torinly distinginelied the militia of the countyy
when called into ection. fitmst like Wise men-
tion the names of' Caetain Whelan, of the' New-
foundland eregiment, Captains Chambers and'
Saunders, of the 41st, Captain Fitzgerald, 49th
and Captain.liamiiton of the 2d Lindoln militia,
who first apprised ine of the enemy's Movement.
I enclose a list of the killed, wounded, and miss-
ing. I have not been able to neeperee,