Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-14


S' nd cred tbs piece himself, di.charg-
8" hhe match being gomez with the
Ils e a musket. He was soon sup
has" "a Nv infantry. The attack coatinu-
' an,i, after sunset, when, no impress
&c u" h.;oy made on the Mill, retreat
'it o,oered to odIetown. The heavy
"' IVY arrived al Cbaihplain that night.
"a, I,ssis computed at from 100 to
- t;,led and w.unded. No officer
~ kIled The wounded are Captain
sTpaerson, I.ients Lagrabee and Green,
f,he ar,iiltrs. Ensign Parker ofthe 1
,sran,ry, and Ensign Carr, of the rife
rorns.
s,efoiqg i, brief summary says he
,..s IN eyewitness to the facts therein
g,ye have seen letter from gentle.
-, =, Plattshuvgh, III whom We have
acea, confidence, 20 his friend in this
s.,r (A!banv) dated April 4, which saws
~. stirnish olluslea to above, took place
N. 29th and So,h and that our loss
,s,et~een 70 and so killed s wound
lsa,slsiles few missing ]
No.2.
Sine. cur first extra sheet OF this
morning, we have received from an off,
cor of the army. who bore conspicuous
mar, in the ala of OdIetown. the 70!
loving account Of that affair, which we
hasten to lay before our readers.
Er!rsct efa letter from an officer ofthe
oya,y 10 fle editor, dated az OdLelo .pu,
(Lorysr Canada Mareh 5lsf, 1914.
TO record the events of battles, is
task which none but the most accom-
Wished historian or the most experleEc
ed older can with Justice perform but
Iboye aiw,vs thought it praiseworthy
and h.ro able to pay the homage ct re-
,nec, 70 individual bravery, and emb'a-
zon 20 the world the vaior and trmness
displayed by t!oaps exposed to hards',lps
aDdtn DANCES.
Yesterday morning Major Gen. Will
sinson left Champlain. at the bead OF ms
division and arrived here ahnut one Q
clock, p N. The first object ut TINS
movement | understand was the reduc-
ten OF the enemy's fnrtress At the river
La Cole, about miles distant rum this
place.
Alter the troops had halted hefe . few
minutes To refresh themselves, We pto,
cce4ed up the road, when ,'nr hava.Icc,
under Col. Clark anyl NJ jpr F-csyta,
was attacked nv y steong force al ,ne <
peo,y. G,n. Bissei vas o:,te redto sap
port ,ha, point the action Which ne dld
with spirit, anv the eneny were cameci
led o retire vita Ioss. MAR GTnc'ai
VHkjps.a was a, thi> time on the heid
OF acton, exposed 70 the hre OF toe enc
my, and ai4played teat cAaracterlsuc i-r.
tituae and tir;nness, xh,ch are 50 ,Pseo-
liar 10 aimsc;i in days of peril anar,hl-
l,i,a. We had also the pleasure OF
Witnessing the ineHicacY OF thetongfeFe
rocket, several OF which we're thrown ny
the enemy in and about our cHiann, ok
ploded and proved as harmless as tue
smoke which issued from them Ba
pcriait me, sir, 10 suggest, that TINS was
mere skiTmisb, when compared with
the conflict which succeeded l., ~ our
attack upon the epemy's strong position
in the afternoon, at the river La Cole -
Their force at that place consisted OF a
buut 1909 regulars which was increased
during the action by roinforcements from
the Isle al Noix. Many were posted 10
a stone ba,lding, the walls of which are
said to be nearly four feet in thickness,
and impre caah'c 70 evers thing but the
heSvies, arullery others ~ block
house and surrounding buildings, which
served to protect thcm for time sro'a
he Impression OF ourmOsquetrY. We
arrived az the river ABOUT ) Z. VI with
Col. Clark and Major Forsyth, as the ad-
vance guard wha bad been considerably
exposed 10 6Ce on their aanks IN passing
through The woods 20 the river. Caps.
N'phersnn succeeded the advance with
pieces OF artlters ,hiS gallant fficsr
was military secretArv 30 ds|nr General
Wilkinson bat his proud. aspiring spi-
rit, could not be appeased un,i! tae Ge
neral perml tsd him 70 take c9oalsnd Of
the battery I, WAS then that Nsr. "
Pnerson was himset-ceoi, COLLECTED
ard firm he stao1 ~ MS pieces under the
most Calling and exposed Ire OF The enc
nv, until second -shat iaId hi'n low
the 6's, shot passed th96ugh the hlshy
Far, Of MS neck; with the latrepti''y -
aNt,eran, he tore of his handkerchief
hcend il round his wound. aud want on
WITH his work Of daty. But alas the
next was the unkinlest coz OF All: the
ball passed through the nPper part 81
his ting bone, fractured i,, and he was
borne from the fisld exhorting HIS re-
bainlng ehcsr < men to support the no.
naS CT the command, and persevere.-
a's battery was placed IN strong and
osmmaading position, within about ESQ