Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-24
WARRINGTON MAY II.
CAPTURE OF YORK.

WARRINGTON MAY II.
CAPTURE OF YORK.
Copie, of letters from major general Dearborn
TO the Secretary a, War.
Had q.0fs,,, 1o,k, csSitai Ct U4Ptr C1nada,
.fp,a271 1913,
Sr-We are IN full pontillon of ,hs place
afr.r iharp conflict, in which we loi iome
brave officers and folders.
General Sheafie commanded the Eritiih
troops, militia and Indians, in perfon
We fhall be prepared TO Tail for the next OBJ
ieet of the expedition the fin favorable wind,
have 10 lament the loss of the brave and
active breadier general Pike am, with the
hiehel refpeo', &c II DEARBORN.
Tbsbor fen. Jabu h'me,org sex, ef.y Of "s,,
W-j6irgso'.
Rsos Q.D,er,, III esfiial q Uppe, Cas-
MA, hp,I 2sfb, 1918
Sir-After a detention of Tome day. by ad
verfe winds, we arrived at this place yeiierday
morning. and at eight o'clock commenced LAM
ding the troop. about three mi'es werwad
from the town, aid one aod half from he
enemy works. The wind was high aud ~ az
uafavorable direction for the boats. which pre-
the fc,ie IF the ancient French for, Trento
1t prevented a.fo many of the armed veileis
from tak,ng ooGtions which would have mo!t
effestusiiy covered our landng-but every
thing tina, could he done was efirc,ed
The rihemen under malof f5flyth fri Ian
dea under heavy fire from Indians and
oiher troops Gen Sheahe commanded in
perion He had collected hi, whole force in
a.. - h. "A
compel ed our troop. to land. H., feroe cen
flied of even hundred regua rs aud militia and
one hundred Ind ans Major Forty h wasiup
ported as promptly a. poiip'e bu. he en-
ten was iharp and fevere foi nearly hs'f an
hour and the enemy were re- niied by annm
her far inferior to theirs As loon as Gen
Pike anded with ieven or eight hundred r,en
and The remainder of he troop. were pulhng
for the ihore, the enemy re,teated % Their
wo Ks Our troos were nov formed on he
ground originally intended for their landing
advanced through thick wood, and after car
ryipg cue battery by aasult, were moving in
columns towards the main work when with
in e.. rod, of this, a tremendous erpioiion
took place from magazine ptevicuiIy ore
pared, and which threw our .uch lmmeuie
quantities of ltone as mcff fs-ounv 10 injure
our troops. have nor YET been able 10 COL
lect the re,ufns Of the killed aud wounded !;
bu, cur lois will. fear, exceed one hundred !;
aud among theie have 10 lamert the lof' of
that brave a,a exec leot officer Brigadier.Gen
eral Pike, who received conuhon from
large Gone which terminated hi. valuable life
within a few huurs. His Iois will be tevetely
fell.
Previouny TO this erploiion, the enemy had
retired into the town, excepting a parry of
regulars, 10 the number Of forty, who did no,
efcspe the effects If the flock, and were dc
Eroyed
General SheafTe moy ed of with the regular
troops and iest direction. with the command
ing officer of the m,lius to make the ben terms
he could In the mean time. all further re
Gitance on the part of the enemy ceaied, and
the outlines OF capiiua,on wee agreed on.
IA loon a. learned that gen Pike had been
wounded went on fhDre To The gea I had
been induced to confide The Immediate attack,
from knowledge that IT Wa. his with, and
that he would have felt mortified had it not
been g,ven TO him,
} Every movement wa. under my view The
, troops behaved with great hrmueis and de
ie We much app suie, particularly thoie f.lt
engaged and under circumstances which would
I have tried ,hs aesdineis of veterans
| Our lois IN the morning ard IN carrying the
frit battery wa no srea,, pc haps forty or City
/ killed aud wcunded, and If them full pro
| ,ortion of officers notwithstanding the enc
my's advantage in potion AID numbers in
the commencement OF the action, her iois was
erea.er than ours ei7ecaiy IN Officers, II
was with g.eat everiions thar he imal' vel.
feis II he nee, could work into he harbor
CAN'T gaze OF wind bur as ioon az hey gst
iato proper petition a Tremendous cannon
sde opened u9on the enemy, batteries and
, wa, KEEP, up againit them until hey were car
RED or blown up and had no doubt a power.
fu effect upon the enemy.
sm under the greatef obligations to COM
modoce chauncey, for his able and indefatiga-
bic exeriions in every poilible manner which