Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-02-22

,,er plan, again discharged her. The
brave 1t. Armstrong. jnst after the =.
f;rstsfire ofthe cannon, with csptaln
Hamilton, Of Tennessee, Bradford
and M.Gavoek, all fell, the Lieut..
sxclaiming as he lay, my braus r.
lo,cs, some Of you may tast ent yes
must SAGE the cannon About TINS
time, number crossed tho creek 9
entered into the ehaee. The Draw
cant. Gordon Of the spies, who nav
rushed from the front. endeayores y
turn the left flank of the enemy, y
which he partially succeeded. anu
col. Carol, eel. Higgins, and eap's.
Elliot and Pipkias pursued the enc, J,
nv for more than We miles. who nea
in CONSERVATION, throwing away
their packs and leaving 81 Of .n ~,
warriors dead on the field. In"
last defeat was decisive, and we were
no more disturbed by their yeils' =
should do injustice to my feelings \
/ omitted TO mention that the yene'
| rable Judge CUeke, at the age OF co'
| entered int the engagement, eonnn-
ued the pursuit of the enemy WIN |.
youthful ardor, and saved the life oil
| fellow soldier by killinghis savage
antagonist. ~
Our loss inthis affairwas -- KY
led and wounded /; among the ior-
ner was tile brave capt. Hamilton
| from East Tennessee, who had win
his aged father and two others OF his
eom pany, after the period Of bis en-,
gasement had expired, volunteered
his services for this excursion, ana
attached himselft to the artillery COM
pany. No man ever fought mere
brayely OF fell more glorioasly; and
by his side fell with equal bravery
and glory, Bird Evans Of the same
company. Captain Quarlcs who
commanded the centre column OF the
rear guard, preferring death to the a.
abandonment Of his post, having taken
firm stand in which he was follow.
ed by a5 of his men, received . wound
in his head of which he has since died.
In these several engagements our
loss was 90 killed and Is wounded, 4
ofwhom have since died. The loss
Of the enemy cannot accurately De
ascertaincd: is9 Of their warriors
were found dead but this mast fall
considerably short Of the number re-
ally killed. Their wounded can on.
ly he guessed at.
Had it not been for the unforts-
nate retreat ofthe rear guard in the
affair of the asth inst. l think l could
safely have said that no army OF lni-
Iitia ever acted with more cool and
deliberate bravery; undisciplined 4
inexperienced as they were, their con-
duet in the several engagements OF
the ead could not have been surpassed
byregaIars. No men ever met the
aoproach Of an enemy with more
intrepidiay, or repulsed them with
more energy. On the 9th, after the
retreat Oft rear guard, they seem
ed to have lost all their collectedness.
and were more difficult to be restored
to order, than any troops l had ever
seen. But this was no doubt owing
in a great measure or altogether to
that very retreat, and ought rather to
he ascribed 10 the want Of conductin
MANY of their officers than to any
cowardice in the men, who on every
occasion have manifested a willing
ness to perform their duty SO far as
they knew it.
All the effects which we're design
ed to be produced by this excursion.
it is believed haze been produced. If
an attack wss meditated against Fort
Armstrong. that has been prevented.
IL Gen. Floyd is operating on the east
side of the Ialapoosee. as ! suppose
him to be, q most fortunate diversion
has been made in his favor. The
number Of the enemy have been de
mini,hed and the confidence they may
have derived from the delaysl have
been made to experience, has been
destroyed. discomfort has beenkept
out of my army, while the troops who
would have been exposed to it have
been benefSialiy employed. The e.
nemy's country has been explored. Il
a road, cut to the point where their
force will probably be concentrated
when they shall be driven from the