Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-12-06
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IN CANADA.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
From GRIN WILKINSON TO TIE sEsasrART

;,e< Of Lo4ye- Csasd,, TsVsm5se IS, Sls.
sIR-I beg leave to refer you 70 The journ
al which accompanies this letter tor he par
ticulars of me movement. of he corps under
nv command down the 81 Lawrence, and
will endeavour to eIert my enfeebled mind to
detail 20 you the more ils,king and important
incidenls which have eniued my depar ure
from Grensdier l1and, at The foot OF LAKE On !
tario, On the Sd inn.
The corps e he enemy from K'ngi'on,
which followed me. haGg on my rear, and IN
co cett wi,h heavy galley aud few gun
boa-, feemed aeierm,ned 10 retsrd nv pro
grsf. was ed 10 halt, turi- abow and
pui an end % his isaz'ng, but alas was
couii ed TO my bed Ma Gen Lewis was
too u for any aaive eIertion; and above all,
I DID not dare iuffer myielt 10 be diverted a
flee 2 day ON the pro een'ion of the views
sf yoye nment had arl,ten Major General
II ,o,on On the 9th inf nv HI, 4dj Gen. col.
King, and hid ordered HIM 10 form jnnce
ior W. h me IN the :, Lawrence. which ex
ptetel would AXE place on the 9th or 10Th
|; Vuud have been unplrdonaee had Ion
feh Of this otjscf momen,. as deemed Il OF
vlia ,mpori anee 10 he iiIue of the campaign
The enemy deie We credit for tber zeal aud
intelligence " hich ne active aniveriai hoisil-
iiy of the mae inhabitants OF he conn ry era
bled them to employ 10 the efeateis advantage.
Thu. whi menaced by reiaeetah'e force. IN
the ear The eozn was liaed Ivy musketry IN
front. a every cr,ticai pais Ct the river, winch
Obliged me to- march desschmeG', and this
impede my progrei'
On the evening of the 9Th ul. the army
hated few m,les ON the sesd Of the Tongue
Saut In the moroiny. of me OH. ,he sn
II. n, al n u1arCa.
ed agreeabiy 70 order snd about noon we
were apprizsd, ny the report OF hi. ar'ile y,
tha, he wa. engaged { me- d,aance heo~ US.
At The fare time he enemy were obiefved 'n
our rear. and ,hei, galley and snn boats ap
preached our foiilla. an1 opened hre upon
US, which Obliged me 10 order batsry OF
Is FOUNDERS 20 lie ,ian ed and fhet from u
compelled the vedels to re'ise, together with
their troops, after iome firing he'vsrn he
advanced yarties. BIZ, by this time IN COME.
quence of dfemharkirg and re embafk king The
heavy guns the day was 70 far ipent that cur
pilots did not dare enter the Sapt eiglt M e.
a continued rapid) and the efo e we feil
down about W. niles and came 10 tsr the
nigh; Early the nett mofpng every hing
ws. in rtadinefs TO motion hot having re-
ccived 20 intelligence from Gen. Brown, was
nj DELAYED a. fouai Caution preicribed l
fhould earn he reiuit of b., affair, before
committed ihc foiia 10 the saut.
Al haf raft ten O'Clock a. M an ofiirer
of dragons arrived with letter IN which
the General infor med me he had forced the
enemy ard wou reach the foOs OF 'he Saui
ca ia he dy Order. we'e ,H,mseiaiely
given for ,be lotiila % faii a, which infant the
.nemys gun-boa,. appeared, aud eeeun TO
throw fht amonga us Information was
hrough a h. fame 'ime from Big Gen.
Boyd, iha he sutny troops were advancing
in una ] Immediately len, orders % h'na
TO attack them this report va, icon contra.
d,c,ed. Their gun boat. however continued
to,cratoh u and a variety of reporss OF their
movements ard counter movements were orot
me IN fucc.iTion which convinced me Of
their detel n,instion To hszafd an attack when
IL could he dore to the g eafef advantage
therefore reloiveJ to an ,e,pse them Di.
recaicns were accord ng y 'ent by thar diitin-
gulbed flee Col Swift o,ihe engineer. ~
Bfig Cen Bryd throw he detachment. Of
Lis command aiffred TO HIM IN he order OF
the precedin day, ard .compoed Of men Of
hi. own Csvingtons ard Swauwouis brig
ades in'o ,hree columns, 10 march upon he
emmy, est flank him # poliibe and axe
their Artiliefy The acton icon after com
menced w'h the advanced body ct The ene-
my and became tl remeiy fhsrp and CALLING
and, with occsfonal paulss not iufts,ned wi h
great vivacity. an open fpaee and far oombz,.
for upwards Of Q and half hour.-the ad
verie lice. alternately ye,lding and advancing
Iris uspcflihle o lay with aseu rsey wha, ~as
cur number on he fed beeauie II certified
of ind. finite de az bments tsken from The boa 5
to render fate ,he ps0age OF ihe saut Gems.
Coving'cn and swariwout voluntarily took
part IN he action, a, The head o. de aohments
fros, their REFLECTIVE brigade. aud exhibited
the fame courage tha, was d,ipsyed 10y Brig.
Gen. Boyd, who happened TO he the ftihor
officer OF the ground Our force engaged
might have reached hreen or ieventeen hun.
dred men hu, so'nslly did not exceed eighteen
hundred THAT of the enemy was enmi'ed
from twelve hundred 10 two ihcnisnd, ot de
taehmen', from the 40 ~ h and 10Th req
irnent, of the line with three companie' OF
TIE Volrgeur and Cienpary corps, and ihe
militia of he coun,fy, who are not inelu1ti
ia the enimae.
Iiwouj be prefuppiuous in me n at
tempt to give you detailed account of
this affair, which Certainly fthccts high
honor on The vaior of the American iol
dier, rs no examples can be produced OF
undiiciplIned men. with inexperienced ofi-
GERS bravlng 6re OF two hours ani
haf, withou, quitting the field or yielding
to their antagouIits. But Sir the iutorma-
tion now give you. is derived from Off
GERS of my conf aence, who took active
parts in this CT, n c. for though was
enabled to order the attack, it wa my
hard fortune not 10 he able 10 lead the
troops I commandej.-The diiee(e wih
which was 1naied on the al Of Septem-