Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-09-26
THE WAR.
2He Attembt on Baltimore.

In our last we mentioned that Brit
ish feet had entered The Petapsco
and were proceeding up to Balti-
more. On the 12,h the British
lsnded 1000 troops, ~ miles be-
low the city and on the same day
an action was fought. the psrtic'i-
lars of which as given in the N.
York Evening Post, are as follows.
Exnac, Of letter, dared Ba!timo'e,
Sept. Is.
"I embrace the earlies, op2ortuni-
~ of giving you an sccodn; OF the
action of yesterday, between our
troops and the British. The alarm
was fred on Sundayat p NJ. and
the Baltimore brigade, commanded
BY Cen. Stricken, took up the line of
march at about q. We proceeded
that evening down to the Meeting
House, about z miles from town,
where we lay on our srins sll night,
in a wood, with the Heavens Our can
opy--our bed the earth. Early next
morning we formed, and continued
under arms until the sction COM
menced, which was brought BY our
troops.
"Our force consisted Of one come
pany of artillery. with six 4-pound.
ers Col. Moore's and Col Bays
horse, Major P,nkpey's battalion OF
finemen, the 5.h regiment OF vol
unteefs under Col Sterret,. the 9Th
militia, Col Long, The SCH, Col.
Fowler, The 51s,, Col. Amys, and
the oh, Col. M'Donsld. The 27,b
and 5th were drawn in line in The
front Of the wood the sls, and 93d
Mt pistol shot distance in the rear
Two companies ofthe 5tb, detsch
ment Of artillery, with 1 field piece,
. corps Of riflemen and some cavalry,
voiun eered to go cut and provoke Or
an action during the day & then re-
trea, They found the British jus'
cooking their dinneF,near Corsveck'S
point, where they landed theE
force I was not able to ascertain
"The enemy had Two nine foun-
ders, besides which they fred bonn
and rockets. After the retreat OF
our advance guard upon the line. a
about 1o'clock, she action began al
long shot, which continued for AZ
hour when It became gescral along
Bhe whole line.
"The enemy advanced in pls,oons
ard ou,hmked 'us. right ana ief',
which caused as 20 retreat or bc ia
ken prisoners. Our artillery moved
chem down in grea, numbers. The
sct,eo was fought with great g.l'sn
try for sboHt tWa iioors, when W.
reiterated in good oder. b inging OH
rs many OF cor woun6ed as psaet'-
cable /. was discovered that We
were ou!fiAnked jost in time to max
good our retreat. as the enemy wers
tar superior ~ numbers
An enemss field officer was
seen TO fan BY cannon shot early Ia
the acsioa.
Whea we were on, Ranked, the
two regiments in the rear in .aclios
changed ,heir position to meet theu
Aaakers. The 9Th was no, in action,
bui advsn.sgcoasly posted on slrong
ground, TO cover our retreat We
retired behind our entertainments
last evening. We have very s,rorg
force here, and more arriving daily
The enemy found yes,erdsy,hey had
not Washington to deal with The
9Th behaved nobiy. the others gan.
orally well. Urish Pfosser, former.
Iy OF Phiisdelphis, shoemaker,
soldier OF the revulu, 'on. Who yoiun-
teered although above military age
was killed alongside of his son fight
ing nobiy. The enemy advanced in
p,stoons not 10 line A few were
wounded by their rockets & hombs,
bu. not dangerously. The wood,
were great protection to our men,
which has rendered our loss COM
pars,ively small. To-day and to-
morrow we expect warm We k The
cannon are row firing believe OF
their ships. We have boom across
the river, and the hulks were sunk
yesterday to obstruct the channel.
MY son. but fourteen and hall
years old, was in the action, anG
was among The last 10 re,reat.-Col.
Long, and Mi. Moon. Of the 9Th
were wounded. Adju,ant Donald
son was either killed or wounded.
(which is not known) as he WA no,
brought of he field"
From The PHI Eecman's Journal.
A gentleman who arrived in the
stsge informs us that lhe whole loss
OF The Americans was IL killed and
% wounded. Mr.. Donslslson the
only officer. That when Gen Roe.
fell, Admiral Cockburn wished the
next officer in command "a Colonel
e. make . desperate attempt 10 dis
lodge the Americsns. but he refu
sed and retrested. That Rober
Coodioe Harper fought like hero.
end the good people OF Baltimore
begin to think nj las, ,ha, Federalist.
are not tories. They are quite in
rap.ures with Harper.
Operations in the RiUer.
SEpr. IL Immediately sfter land
ing he troops nesr North Point. The
British light men of war proceed.
cd m The Pe,ansco. IN invest Eort