The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-18
To The Editor Of the Pehu5Ncan:

"iN-iid V!ng seen the Official British &C
court OF an affair which took place on the e
tening ct the lOh, ami terminated On the
llth November submit the following
brief statement of the action, as we'll to
SHOW the mstatements Of the enemv1 as to
give an impartial account of the battle.
Having halted on the 9th Nov. at Chrvst
er.s farm and refreshed the tonops by the
10Th, the advanced guard was ordered to
take mp its march about z A. M. It consist
ed OF the lst Dragons, all tie KeAt troots.
under the direction of col. Scott and Major
FORSYTH, with some artillery, and the Cd
brigade, all comm anded by brgadier gene
raj Brown. When we had advanced about
two hours with the light corps and Cd bri-
gade, the gun boats of tie enemy were dis
covered by Capt. Fanning WIN commanded
one or ours. and who immediately bore to
wards them and cmmenced q brisk FIRE
at this time the whole of our troops were
on the march and in boats, which the enc
my discovering, ordered some OF their light
| troops to commence fire on our rear. af
ter which our troops were halted, returned
back. excepting gen. Browns command, &
sending out a few companies, dispersed the
enemy their gun boats having previously
| retrested-Gens. Wilkinson and Levi,
continued during the 10th very unwell. and
could take no charge of the troops whatever
so that IT devolved on hrigsder gen. Boyd
On the morning of The 18TH the whole of the
troops under gen. Boyd again commenced
their march, and mad advanced some dis
| lance, when they were again ordered back
| and took the same position occupied on the
10Th. The light troops of the enemy were
discovered in thick who'd about the left of
his line, Craving his right on the St. Law.
rence,) whcih we attacked and almost in
stantly drove them after which the enemy
took refuge In ravire. and CALLED us very
much Gen. Covington ordered his bril-
| gade to dislodge them, which was accom-
| plished, in very gallant manner, General
| Covington at this ms ant was unfortunately
mortaliy wounded being Immediately in
rear ofthe 10Th regiment. The enemy then
commenced retreating very rapidly. orr
troops in pursuit, until they got an elevated
situation. about two miles from where the
action first commenced They there brought
their whole artillery and line, which was
I rmed IN excellent order, to fire UPON us
and not receiving any particular order from
| General Boyd during the whole action. g.
was thought proper by the commanding eff.
| GERS OF corps to retrograde to our first no
| sltion, which was accomplished without loss
Coils. Ripley, As inwail and Cutting brought
OH their wounde0f"snd am informed e
ther officers doing the same.-The enemy
d'd not follow nor shew the least disposition
to renew the action-so that cur fighting
them when their object seemed entirety 70
! retard our movements, would have been
highly censurable. In the latter part of the
afternoon we embarked in our boats, leav
| ing portion to follow the advanced GUARD
on land, and Proceeded unmolested carry
ing with ms abeut FIFTY Of the enemy pris
oners. There were some Of our wotnded
left on the field Of battle, which was entire
| ly owing to the neglect Of officers ccmman
DING corps, as ample time was given to
bring them off. Our loss is about $50 in
killed, wounded and missing. The eneny's
| loss nu cert sinly have bten verv great.
Gen. Boyd joined the rest of the trocns
the 18th, when It was ordered that we
should evacuate the enemy's shore owing N
the DIVISION under general Hampton not he
i ing ready to join Us at St. Regis as il was
aid Gen. Wilkinson had ordered. AS N
the priscners which the enemy boast of
there was not a man Of ours taken during
the action /; and tho.e who got in possession
OF the enemy were merely few stragglers
whom the enemy picked up in the thick
woods, where they might have lost their
way, probably 20 or 80, and few of the
wounded.
I'm an order of gen Wilkinson's which wa,
issued previous to the evacuation of the en-.
emy's shore, he says that Gen. Hampten
ono only disobeyed the orders Of the com.
manding oihcer but those of the Secretary al
, War;.
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