Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-07-05
CONQUEST OF CANADA.
WASHING TON, JUNE "a.

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enclofed copy of orders marked l.
that General Dearborn, from indispo-
iition, has refgned his command net
only of the Niagara army but of the
Difriet. have doubts whether he
will ever again be fit for fervice. He
has been repeatedly in a ikate of CON
valefcence but relapies on the leaf
agitation Of mind
In my Ian I MENTIONED the unfor-
,unate eircumltance of the capture of
our two Brigadiers, Chandler and
Winder. The particulars are detail
ed in the report of Col. Burn, which
he gives from the beh information
he could collect, His corps lay
comfortable diitance from the fcene
of active operation. as you will per-
ceive by the enclofrd diagram. which
Is on a fcale of about 100 yards to
the inch. The light corps lpoken of
were Capt. Rindmari's. Nicholas's &
Biddle's companies of the fecond ar
tillery, fsrving as infantry. Thefe
three gentlemen, and Capt aims Arch
err and iowion of the fame regiment,
and Leonard of the light artillery are
folders who would honor any fervice.
Their gallantry & that of their com
panies was equally confpicuous on
this location as in the affair of the
27th ultimo. A view of Gen. Chand
ler's encampment will be luflicient to
ihew that his disaiter was owing to
its arrangement. Its centre being its
weakelt point, and that being discov-
cred by the enemy in the evening, re-
ceived the combined attack of his
whole force, and his line was CON-
pletely cut The gallantry of the
9Th, 2sth, and part of the 23d, and
light troops, faved the army-Of the
9Th it is fad. that when the day broke
not a man was niiIing-and part
of the a3d under Maj Armltrong
was found fuitaining It's left flank.
Their fire was irre6ltible ard the
enemy was compelled to give way.
Could he have been preHed the next
mornng, his deftruetion was inevita.
Bile. lie was difperfed in every di-
re0ion, and even his commanding
general was milling without his hat
or horfe. underitand ne was found
next morning almoft famiihed, at
diftance of miles from the fcene of
action.
Lieut.. M'Chefney's gallantry re.
covered piece of artillery and pre-.
vented the capture of others. He
merits promotion for it.
On the evening OF the 9th of June,
1 received the order NO q, and join
ed the army at five 10 the afternoon
of the 7th found it at the 40 mile
creek, 10 miles in the rear of the
ground on which it had been attack.
ed, encamped on plain of abouta mile
in width, with its right flank on the
lake, and the left on the creek which
ikirts this bafe of a perpendicular
mountain of comfortable height On
my route received Nos 5 and 6 en-.
c.ofed
At oin the evening the hottie fleet
hove in Gght-though its character
could not be afceriained with preci
Gon. We lay on our arms all night.
AT dawn of day truck our tents. &
deferred the hottie fquadron abrealt
of US, about mile from the fhore.
Our boats which transported the
principal part of our baggage and
camp equipage lay on the beach-it
was a dead calm and about 6 the
enemy towed in large fehooner,
which opened her fir: upon our boats.
As foon as fhe food for the ihore,
her Object being evident, l ordered
down Archer's and rowfon's conpa.
nies, with tour pieces of artillery, to
reif her attic npts l at the fame
time fent Capt. rotteu, of the en-
g,neers, "a mott valuable ofiicer) to
conitrud temporary furnace for
heating hot, which was prepared and
in operation in less than thirty min
ures. Her FIRE was returned with a
vivacity and effect (excelled by no
artillery in the univeric) which foon
compelled her to retire A party oil
iavages now made their appearance
on the brow of the mountain (Which