The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-18

the bay, east of Fort Volunteer, while ]
proceeded to occupy tina, fort as our dernier
re oarce.
IL TIE course of the 2sth and during the
nights of the S8th anf 80 h ult. considera
Bic militia force came in, and were ordered
To the water side near Horse Island, on which
wa ~ Col. Mills ard his volunteers. Oar
str myth at this point " as now Eve hundred
men-all anx Gus for battle. as far as pre-
tession' would go. The moment il Was ght
enough 10 discover the approach OF the enc
my. We sourd his ships in line between Horse
IS and aud Stopey Point, and in few mi
mites ATE wards SS large boats filed with
troops. Came off to the Larger Indian or
rardsn Island, under cover If the fire of
r'hs>SNn boa :. My orders were that the
troops should lie close and reserve their fire
iiii the enemy had approached so near that
every shot might hitits object. 1t is, how
ever, impossible to execute such orders with
raw troops upaccustomed TO subordination.
MY orders we're i'll this case dis beved.-
L he whole line fired, and not withou: effect
but IN the moment while ! was cantem
plating this. TO my utter astonishment, they
rose from their cover and fed Col. Mills
fell ga!iantly in brave but vain epdeayors o
stop his men. Twas personally more for
tunate. Gathering together about 100 mi
iitia under the Immediate command Of cap
taIn NJ Nit of that corps. we threw our
selves on the rear OF the enemy's left faux,
and, trnst. did some execution 1t was
during this last movement that the regulars
under col. Backus first engaged the enemy
nor was it long before they defeated him. -
Hurryins to this point ofthe action, foui d
the battle still raging, but with obvious adj
vantage on our side. The result of the &C
tion so glorious for the officers and soldiers
OF the regular army, has already been com
mdnlcated lii my letter OF the 18th Had
not Gen. Provost retreated most RAPIDLY un-
DER the guns Of his vessels, he would never
have returned to Kingston.
One thing In this business is to be serious
y'regretted. In the midst of the conflict.
ire was ordered to be set to the navv bar
RACKS ahd stores. This was owingsto the
mia mous.conduct of those who brought in
tornatio, to lieut. Chauncey. that the bat
tie was lost, and that to prevent the stores
irom falling into the eneHy's hands, they
must be destroyed.
Ihe enemy's force consisted Of 600 pick
ed men, led by Sir George Provost in per.
son. Their feet consisted of the new shin
Wolfe, the Roy al George, the Prince Re
gent, Earl OF MORA, twdarmed schooners
and their gun and other boats.
vi the officers who DISTINGUISHED them
selves, csnuot but repeat the name OF Lit.
COL Backnss WIN praised be God ,.yot lives,
CaPt. M 'Nitt's conduct was noble, howell
deserves to be placed IN the rzgutar saply.
MAJOR Swan, of the army, served as my
tdJ. gen. and was highly useful. Lit. Chaun
cey is a. brave and honorable man. To him
no no blame can attach for what happened at
Navy Point. Hewas deceived. 1t. Col
Tuttie was in m&rch for this post, but with
every exeTtion WAS unable to reach it in
time totake part in the action. This is felt
by the colonel and every officer of his de-
tachment, as misfortune.
AT The moment am closing this commu.
nication, com. Chauncey has arrived with
his squadron. This renders my longer STAY
nere unnecessary. ! shall therefore imme-
d'ately return 10 my home.
am, Sir, with the highest respect, &C.
JACOB BROWN,
Brig Gen ofthe W Y. H4fsitia.
The Hon. Gen. John Armstrong,
Secretary at War, Washington.
REPORT of the killed. wounded and mis-
sing IN the action OF the 90 h My 1915, at
Sacke.t's Harbor.
kiLLED--2o privaees. regularg, and
volunteer.
WOUNDED--f Lieut.. Col. ID Lieute-
nants, ensign, non commissioned officers,
musician & SO privates, regulars, & 1 musi-
clan and privates volunteers.
. MlSo$NC--2 non commissioned officers,
privates, regulars; non-cOmmissioned
orhcer, musician & Is privates, volunteers.
Aggregate ioss-1l0 regulars and IL vo-
lunteers. Number not known, but not to
exceed IS militia.--Total 156.
WIN. SWAMI,
Major I'd fegt. Infantry Il Act'g. Adj. Gen.
SackefPs HarbOr, June /, 1918.
N. b. About 400 Of the regular troops
sustained the heat of the action these con.
sisted chiefly of the 1st reg light dragons,
some of the oh, Dist, and few of the 9sd
infantry, Sd and light artillery.
REPORT of the enemy's loss in the action
OF the % n May, 1913, a. sSackett's IL rbor
All Gen. Gray, Col. Moody, Major Ed
wards. l captain and Is rank aud file fuund
dead in the field.
2 captains AVID 20 rank and file found
wounded in the field.
captains, ensign and 80 rank and file
made prisoners.
In addition - the above MANY were killed
and wounded in their boats by the militia 9,
Albany volunteers while efFsctins landing
a number were likewit3 carried Of the Geld
by the enemy, previous to the commence
ment OF his retreat.
VIZ. SWAMI.
Major ID Inflp. * Act'e. Adj. Cen
SacketPS Har60r, June /, 1878.
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