Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-06-02
FROM CANADA.
British 0Iseial .iecoaas Of their tate
.attack on Cs1cego.
cENERAI. ORDERS.


The troops, that ne mas received ocs-
march from 1t. Gen. Drummond. report
inc the re suit Of most spirited and sue
eessfull attack on the enemy's fort, and
pos,6on Of )swego. which was Carried
by assault a, 1son on the oh inst.
The Il gen repairs. that having esus.
e3 six. companies of the regiment de
VAUDEVILLE, and one company OF the
Glengary H. h, infantry. with snhali &c,
taclrnent OF artillery TO embark on board
the squadron, in aiditi to tbs 20 bait
TALON of rovsi marines, he accompanied
sir James Yeo in the Prince Regent,
and on the evening Of the sih inst. an
chored off Oswego, bu, violent gaze
of wind driving the squadron OH shore,
The position Was act again recovered I'LL
noon, On The following day, when the DIS
position for landing was instantly Carl
ed into execution, in the following or
aer--tbe frigates taking position from
whence they could canDonade the tort,
and the briggs, schooners and gun boats.
in proportion to their respective draft OF
wafer, covered by their Are the several
points differentiation ef the troops, which
was attended With considerable difhcul'
~, owing to the shoainess ot water,
the boats grounding, the troops were
in MANY instances obliged to leap out
and wade through the water to their mid
&, die to gain the landing; and the enemy
stongly occupied the favourable positions
near the shore and woods with which
it rs surrounded, the disembarkauoa was
attended with some loss, but effected
with the utmost promptitude under the
direction OF Il. col. Fisher, led by two
new formed flank companies OF de
VAUDEVILLE regiment, under capt Der.
sv; the remaining four companies, and
de,achment of artillery being held in re-
serve The 81 battalion OF marines un-
dei Il. col Malcolm. supported by de-
REGIMENT 1000 sean,en under captain
Male str, ruval navy, f,r'ned second
column to the ri vt. Capt. M'Millan's
end.paay of Glcneary light infantry,
gained the skirts Of the woods to the
left. and covered the advance of the CO.
1umns to the fnrI which aas gained and
carried in ten minutes fran the advance
of the troops, after landing. The enc
my's garrison consisting of Macomb's
I'd re gir,ent of artillery, 400 strong. and
arumerous BODY militia, saving them
selves by preripita,e flight.
Lieut.. Gen. Drumnond speaks in the
strongest terms Of the cordial, judicious
snd able cooperation nf sir james Yeo,
and the Office. and seamen of his squad
ron. and laments the temporary loss the
service has sustained IN capt. Muicaster
OF the loyal oavy, who is severely wound
ed. The eminent services OF that ofh-
Ger, and ofcaptains O'Connor, Popham,
and Collier are particularly noticed.
There follow encomiuns on the me-
rits Of many officers and volunteers, 10
whom various parts OF duty were as
signed. Aneng others, lieut. Hewitt OF
the marines, who climbed the flagstaff
aud pulled dawn the American colors,
which were nailed to il; and 1t. Lawrie,
who led the party which entered the
fort.
I, is particularly gratifying to his ex-
cellency to have to notice, tina. TO the
Nyh honor Of both branches OF the ser.
vice, tina, there was not single instance
Of intoxica,ion, although surrounded
with temptation.
The service has lost brave and me-
ritorious officer in capt. Heltaway Of the
royal marines.
Every object Of the expedition being
sscomplished-the barracks burnt and
the fort dismanilnd. and all public stores
which were not 'ous away, destroy
ed, the troops re-embarked at 4 O'Clock
the following morning, and the squad
ron ssileo for Kingston.
The enemv's loss amounts 70 at least
100 killed, and 90 prisoners, the greater
part wounded.
There Solljw the detail of the killed
AMI wnupded-The toals of which are
--k,lled. ! captain. (Hol,a~av) IS rank
and 6le, s. 5 seamrn total 10 Wound.
ed, 8 CAPTAINS U.edergery, Mulcaster,
aud Pcphaml 2 heu'enants MAY and
GriaRth) Mr.. Richardson, master, 81
rank and file. and 7 seamen-totsl IS.
Totsl killed and wounded ga
Ordnance taken and destroyed.
Tsken-three iron 80 Founders, four
iron - Founders. one iron - FOUNDER,
one iron FOUNDER bestroyed-one
heavy - FOUNDER, and one heavy six
FOUNDER.
Ono schooner and several boats laden
with ordnance. naval and other stores,
we're brought away.
Three schoossrs aud other craft des-
treycd.
.Adj. Gen. ". .fmeriea.
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ynNrnN. March IL.