The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-07-13
/ VOL. tf.---NO. 10.

wing number from the field, where had for
upwards oftwo hours III Constant battery mr.
on the euenlyS fligates employed my hrs.
eXertions to annoy them Thus mnt.b in ;,,s
,ihCauon OF my movement. leave Il 20 mill
cii! men competent to judge, how far it was
correct and sanctioned by circumstances
Ihe applause and appreciation of our mill
tary supeiiors viii always be dear to us: h,r+
II envy and tissue Of 5iaaacrs should pc1ve,t
inc channel OF truth by grass niiSirhrcscntQ
Ho"$, we still have that able and ;,tojio;o,,s
h'ohltor, proud and approving conscience. 10
assure us that we have faithfully DISCHARGED
our duty 10 the best of our ability.
he Colonel i'll his report, saws eve
committed great many biundcrs during the
acton lpertectly agree with him, and win
resign TO MS benefit all the merit that may bc.
attached to such an acknowledgement. After
speaking Of the retreat Of the light artillery
ana infantry, the Colonel goes on to saw
After while T was able To halt them and
BRING them back Pray, Colonel, willie Won
were retiring = hastily frcm the field, with
tne troops who volunteered to return for the.
purpose OF bringing out your wounded, tnat
mad been cast into the bushes, without = soil
to attend them, although YOU had ami.
means TO bear them to the surgeons And
upon the information ofvour guns being sj,fke}
and lett upon the field, who tcnderc,i rbei,,
services with 90 men to brig them ayyav
B~t IJorbear 10 e''ter nlto minufe tarfir
n|aTS, lest should cast a dyccf 'ccllSurc' on
the military capacity of some officer HEN IN
command that dav
While the Colonel miSStatcs The fact tbae
rocket passed through an ammunition box.
nyH0lc'oNSlY placed, and that our 'ammuni
ton cart was covered with fire nearit = wbv
did he not state that his ammunition of loo..
powder, in oyhen half barrels. Law exposefl mt
ten yards in the rear ofwhat he calls the am
munltlon carte But the Colonel's optics must
nave been 1u0icio7tSiu Keen to have seen
d mote III ms neighbor's eye anln 4 beam
IN his own The fact is, that fragment of
one OF the Coloners hot shot was met nv ~,
lie FOUNDER from the enemy and forced thro'
small ammunition box containing fixed co,.t=
ridges, and which was as judiciouSiv placed AZ
inc nature OF the ground would admit. and Sc.
cured by tarpauiin, any thing to the contrary
notwithstanding and that what he is pleased
20 call an an'nA'lit:>:7 cart, contained cannis
ter, few grape and a quantity Of vaid o,,l
nor Si7sle cayr,9dge At am kiud So mnci'
tor the correctness of this part of the l.cport
low tar the Colonel's plea of being un
prepared will be admitted, when he was o,.-
dered by his government for the c1tDress NM
pose OF dislodging the enemv, and When he
mad the control CT every nutrition Of war ne
cessa1y tor the expedition, Shall leave. for o.
tlerS 20 declue. 1t Certainly argues no great
N~''N va "i'At't!l 4oiCSiSnts Capacity Dlfu-
dcnce; especially whcn the strength and no
s1on oftne enemy were SO well known. With
all due difference to Col. Wadsworth's SINE
i1or knowledge in practical gunnerv, it is pref
y well ascertained, that without the aid of
Co!n'barney 5 Hotilla at the mouth of the crecl,
ana the detachment from the hotilla. unde,,
captain Cohagrn, the object Of the expedition
would not have been Effected at least on that
day. Capt. Cohagen and his brave associates
merit the WaTmeSC acknowledgements.
Col Wadsworth on
For persevering industry, jealous dis.
charge OF his dnty, and cool, Determined bra
very, that officer is surpassed by few men i,
any country in the duties of his station.
Inc conduct ofthe 3Sth, (posted on the right
OF the battery under circumstances which
would have tried the valor of veterans. was
sIich as to have insured an honorable military
character had they been judicioneh, D~sted
ana an opportunity offered in the landing Of tbe
enemy The activity and zeal di,pa9ed nv
Capt Carberry, of the Goth, in bringing TfrtbS
guns and wounded, certainly mefited some
commcndation in the report of Colonel Wads-