The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-27
OF which the Commodore has given you an
account. the national honor has been most

;of which the Commodore has given you an
account. the national honor has been most
ably supported. $3.50
In grca, haste,
Yourn,ost obedient servant.
SANfL. L. ANDERSON.
TIE Honorable
PAGL Hd&rL4ox. Sec'ry If Tie Navy.
SAcKxT's EARBoR
Ism .Wov. 1879.
SIR arrived here last evening in a
gale OF wind, the pilots having refused To
keep the Lake. On the Sth l fell in with
the Royal George aud chased her into the
the Bay of Qua,ti where ! lost sight Of her
in the night. In the mnrrng of the 9Th we
again got sight Of her lying in King ton cham
nel. We gave CHASE and fplloA eel her in
the ha, Dor OF Kingston, where we engaged
her and the batteries for QUO hour and Is
minutes had made up my mind to board
her, but She was so well protected by the
batteries and the wind blowing directly III,
1t was deemed imprLdent to make the at
tempt 81 that time; the pilots also refused
to take charge of the vessels. Under these
circumstances, and it being after shutdown,
determined to haul off and renew the at
tack next morning. VIC beat up in good
order under heavy fire from the Royal
George and batteries to mile Point where
we anchored. Ii blew heavy in squalls rom
the westward during the night. and there
was every appearance of n gale of wind
The pilots became alarmed and thought it
most prudent to get into a place of more
safety. therefore Every reluctantly de-
terred renewing the attack upon the ships
& forts until more favorable opportunity.
At z a. NJ. on the 10th, / made the sig
nal to weigh, and we beat out of a very mar
row channel under very heavy press of
c. ia tl,,< l,l- A
with the Governor Simcoe running for
Kingston, and chased her into the harbor-
She escaped by running over reef of rocks
under heavy fire from the Governor
Iompkins, the Hamilton & the Julia which
cut her very much. All her people ran be-
| low while under the fire of these vessels
The Hamilton chased her into nine feet
water before She hauled off. We tackled to
the southwark with an intention of running
to our station at the Ducks but it coming
on to blow very heavy, the pilots told me
1t would be unsafe to keep the lakes. Ibore
up tor this place where l arrived last night
In our passage through the Bay of Guam
Il, discovered a schooner at the village of
Armingstown which we took possession of,
but finding she would detain US (being then
In chase of the Royal George) / ordered
Lieut. Macpherson to take out her sails and
rigging and burn her, which he did. We
also took the schooner Mary Hall from Mia
CARA at the mouth of Kingston harbour, and
took her with us to our anchorage The
next morning, finding that she could not
beat through the channel with us, order
ed the sailing master in the GROWER to ta ke
her under convoy and run down past Kings.
ton. anchor on the east end of Long Island
and wait for a wind to come up Oh the east
side. Twas also in hopes that the ROYAL
George might be induced to follow for the
purpose OF taking our prize, but her COM
mander was too well aware of the conse-
quences to leave his mornings.
We lost IN this affair one man killed and
three slightly wounded, with few shot
through our sails. The other vessels lost
no men and received but little injury in their
hull and sails, with the exception of the
Pert, whose gun burs,ed in the early part
of the action and wounded her commander
Sailing master ArundeD badly. and mid
shipman and three men slightly. Mr..
Arundel, who refused to quit the deck al
though wounded, was knocked over board
in beating up to our anchorage, and / am
sorry TO say was drowned.
The Royal George must have received We
ny considerable injury in her hull & in men,
az the gun vessels with long 81 FOUNDER
were heen to strike her almost every shot,
and it was observed that she was renforc-
ed with troops four different times during
the action.
have great pleasure in saying that the
officers and men on board of every vessel
behaved with the utmost GOODNESS and are
extremely anxious to meet the enemy on the
open lakes and as long as have the hon
or to command such officers and such men,
Can have ne doubt of the result.
think can say with great propriety that
we have now the command of the lake, and
that we can transport troops and stores to
any part Of it without any risk of an attack
from the enemy, although the whole of his
naval force was not collected at Kingston,
yet the force at the different batteries would
more than counterbalance the vessels that
were absent. 1t was thought by all the off
GERS in the squadron that the enemy had
more than thirty guns mounted at Kingston &
from 1000 to 1900 men. The Royal George
protected by this force was driven into the
inner barber, under the protection of the
musketry, by the Oneida, and four small
schooners fitted out as gun boats The
Governor Tompkins not having been able to
join in the action until about shutdown, owing
to the lightness Of the winds, and the Psrt's
gun having burst the second or third shot
We are replacing all deficiencies, and |
shall proceed up the lake the first wind in
the hope to fall III with the Earl Mora and
the Prince Regent 4; at any rate shall en-
deavor to prevent them from forming
junction with the Royal George again this
winter. / shall also visit Niagara river if
practicable, in order TO land some guns and
stores that have taken on board for that
purpose. If the enemy are still in possession
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