Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-06-26

counts fourteen miles beyond the Eng
I:ish camp shaving left their heads OF
cattle behind and placed their womeu
and childreni In the woods.
On the ist of June, General Winder
narched with his brigade in pursuit .i
the English army, which, instead ofre-
treating so far as was originally ex-
lpected, toek up u strong (but To them Il
lcritieal position about iS miles from
hence, their left towards lake Ontario
Little Lake IN their rear and II swamp
OH their right, holding communication
IN front with the mountainous country
between that and Grand River. Gen.
| Vincent cannot be .outiiauked, but his
retreat may ,be.easily cut off. rs gen.
w. IS enrassd at the generalsl,ip dis
ipiayed here, ep the o tn uIt. / am cou
6dent he viii ftxlir the error as far as
ipossihle. Strong bodies marched after
10 support hin from Boyd's brigade ::
lihe principai part of c haudler's is gone
also. l,&pe to be enabled to write
cheering Intelligence ere Tonga can
nonade was beard This, morning in thai.
direction, R-by anadny returned 10
boats we. iean tina t; irmish had Ia.
ken PLACE be " cent Tart Of our adj
yancesScSFPsSRnd small part Of Che
enemy.
| Jane6.
/" My authorizations of Gen. Winder's
success are disappointed. He last night
suffered himself To be surprised by the
cnemy, and. strange TO relate, both he
and Chandler were taken prisoners =
For Winder am particularly grievcd,
as knew his zeal. In the confused
;isht which folinwesl, nur army gained
he victory killing or taking $50 of
me enemy. Among the Killed is old
'ier. Vincent. a party of Col. Burns
cavalry and the light troops distin-
5uished themselves. Our army fell
back few miles. Gen. Boyd, Sc. will
set out tonight or tomorrow morning
| 10 take the command. He is greatly
esteemed in the army, and very deser-
yedly.
. Some expect that Proctor will join
the ether army Tonight or tomorrow =
| trust not but our force is aIl-suiii-
Icitnt.''
Extract Of ahother letter, dated June S.
. Yesterday the British squadron OF
two large ships and four smaller yes
sells hove in sight. At one time they
rpepred to be standing towards the I
leai of the Lake, at another standing
ia for this place. We were of course
IN the alert. Towards night the tieet
oore away N. w. but as we were sus-
,icious OF their intentions, and knew
ne facility with which they might re-
urn and land "A force, al! remained at L
heir posts. About O'clock in the &
morning several guns were fred from,
one Of our picquet guards. An alarm ,
vas fred from orr forts, aud all parad-
d and marched to the assigned spot
With the most Imaginable promptitude
1t proved a false, alarm. accustomed bylt
some boats rowing down along shore
rom Forty mile Creek with our wound ,
ed and 90 British prisoners on board.
They were fired On by our picquets I'M,
tie dark, who nistooi1 them for enc ,
nies. II
Very heavy cannonading was heard
,'',s 'ioi 'l"S-t must ei'hef pro-
Iced from our army, or the enemy S
squadron. May the result retrieve
what we lost on the eth nlt. u'ten, we
'u5ht to have siam or taken the very
'foops thathaye since gwen us SO much
rouoie.
W Proctor We have had no recent
'nfei'Senee worthy OF belief: 1t is
imposed, he WIZ hnd 1T hard task to
retreat-his Indians may turn upon,