Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-07-25
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BUFFALO, JULY 8, 1914.
Battle ma CbipDa7ca.

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The following are 'he bef unofficial
particulars of the late action near Chip.
pawa, which we have been able to col.
icct -
Ga he 9TH Gen SCOTS brigade mar
ched from Fort Erie to Back Creek, a
bout three miles fr m Chippewa, and
was followed by Maj Gsn Brown. with
the main body, and BY Gen. Porter's
vo ,unteers and band OF favages. The
briti(h forces on the penin.ua were con-
centrated at Chippawa. On Tuesday af-
ternoon the B,itif1 advanced from Chip
pawa, and extended their right flank,
competed of heavy body Of fsvages,
and advanced with their main force into
the open fields s.-Gen Porter's volunteers
and Indians took pof on the left, and
commenced the attack, which was kept
up with great vivaciry, until the infantry
and artillery were engaged The hrft
brigade, competed of the 9th, nth, 72d
and 2sth Infantry, engaged a hyperion
force Of BriIith veterans, and after two
hours hard fighting, drove them into
Chippawa. firing number of buildings
to cover his retreat, and took petition
behind his frong redoubts The battle
is faid to have ragged with great fury.
Gen. Ripey's brigade was in relerve
The artillery maintained its high reputa-
ton. [1hen joiolv The nlual eucomiun,5 on
eGees, ssc.l-lhe lofs 9t the enemy was
10 be 70 or SO found on the
ground, and 100 wounded, who were "a.
ken prifoners on the Eeid Cur killed
are about so and 80 or 40 wounded |;
among the latter Col Campbell of the
18th, Captains harrifon. King & Reed,
Lit Barren, &c. re !sR a Je7u primer,
taken and among thoie we took were
ieverai ificers. Maj Gen. Rail com
manded thc Britiih force.
Numerous & contradictory ffatemen's
of the action, have been as ufual pub.
liihed. The following, eairaeted from an
ehay in the tveni & Pot, appears to be
the mott in.eilis sent -
Oa he night of the sd of July, the
American army under Gen. Brown crof-
fed the Niagara river at Buffalo, ard
early on the morning Of the 4th iurprlied
and captured The Britiih corps OF OFFER
vation ttationed at Lrie, conliiting OF
major, 5 (ubaiterns and 1876 men. On
the morning of the sth, he commenced
his march tor Qeenitown, intending to
feize the outpoits Of the enemy at Chip
pawa, and Queeniton, on the morning
Of the next day The Britiih commans
der in that quarter, who hsd vigliantiy
watched all his movements, finding that
the whole of Gen. Browns ar had
CroAed over 10 the Canada ihore, and
that no apprehension there exiited of an
attack OH Fort Niagara, on the rear, from
the American iide, and probably iuIpect-
ing the real object of the movem,nt of
Gen. Brown, croGcd over on the 4,b
init. to Fort George, with The Carrlfon
OF Fort Niagara, leaving therein tma,l
guard. Determined that Gen. brown
ihouid n gam the Ridge Road a, Q Queen-
tton and thus occupy the country, aud
telze the potts in ms rear, he united with
his forces the garriion of Fort George,
and drawing together the Britilh troops
from all the adjacent potts, advanced on
the Sth to the entrenchments on Chippa-
wa Probably finding that his itreng,h
was iutflcicnt 70 Cncck the progEefs of
Gen Brown and prevent him from ad-
sanclng to Queeniton, he marched out, ON
the afternoon Of that day, to the diitance
Of about mile and half from Chipawa
croiling and leaving the Chlppawa River
in has rear, and offered Gen. brown bats
tie ON the open plains, at StuaTt's Farm.
.Aflsr a ianguinary conflict of two or
three hours, the Britiih forces retreated
to their sntsenchmen,s beyond the Chip.
pewa River, leaving Gen, Brown in pofe
teihcn OF the field OF battle; from whence
Gen. Brown writes TO friend in this
vicinity, that be Ibaa yeyuaia there tzv0 days,
ana then Advance again, and break doUn all
sbbe(,tion to Late Ontario"
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