Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-02-09

their siseRharkatNa. JIG Ra0 M
bren in NY pewes :, imIeoe .nss J,
operations hy q general :ait'1sE S; a. = ]. !
aed 10 other reasons The nature q We
troops Hnser N,y estssIhaDc' Moss,y
/ militia. rendered j, tee hazardous . .
atscapses;easlve elfsnsiye movements
/ IL ii, open country. against nA'
nervous And well disciplined array:
.sliho' my forces. as 70 number. nav
l,rpn i..sreased 'sy file arrival ca the
/ Eeafnesy s:::yisi.sn. my strength 'sa..
received very little addition n SNAIL
4 portion only or that detaeAMent beng
Drsyi,led Writ arsas. Cempe'isa
thus to waitthe attack Of the enemy,
II Took every measure to reiel i
4 nl,ea it shoa.a he made, anti 20
defeat the object he bad IN view
1 Gen. Morgan With the Orleans con.
singent. tie Leuisiana militia sana
ss1.ong detachment ofise ssea'ueky
treeas. occnpiM an entreaehed canap
on the opposite side Of the RIVER IS
/ protected by strong batteries Oh the
i,aolS, erected and silpcrlaiended by
Gounssdcre Patterson.
IN my eneampment every th'ns
was ready fsr actiea, when, early
j on the ,aorning ofthe Sth, the enc
nv after throwing a heas. shower
ofts.,s,s aud Coasrerc rockets, All
:. yanees their columns ON my rigat q
! Jeff. TO stora. my eotrehsliMents. 1
cannot speak Sufficiently in praise OF
the firmness and tle.iberaticn HIh
!, wiic, my whole line received tseir
! approaeh--p.ore could not have been
/ expected from ycserass Injured to
war.-F'or an hour, tae fire OF t!ie
small arms was rs iiicessart < Severe
as csr be imagined. The artillery
loo. directed by officers who display
ed equal skill and ceurase did great
execution. Yet the columns OF the
enemy continued to advance with q
! armness which rejects npen them
the greatest credit. Twice The
rsluma which approached me on ms
left, was repulsed by the troeps OF
! Gen. Carroll, those Of Gen. Coffee.
and a division Of the Kentucky mill
Tia and tsiee they formed again and
/ renewed the assault. Atlepslh now
ever, eat 10 pieces. they iied IN roH-
I fusion from The ee!d leayiag it CO.
vered with their dead and ~onnjed
] The lass when the enemy sas.aiaed
/ on this occasion. cannot he estiin {
ed at less than 5eO in killed. weuad-
cd ard prisoners. Upwards Of three
hundre., have already been delivered
lover for berih; ard my nea are
still engaged in. picking thsn up
I within ,ay sines and carrying them 10
/ the Doiat where the eaemy are 10
receive ti,em.-T'iiis is in addition to
the dead x wounded whom the enc
My have beea enabled 10 carry rom
the field. tinrirg and since the action,
and 20 ihnse ai,o have since died OF
the Wounds they received we
have taken about 800 prisoners, a9
wards OF 500 OF whom, are wounded,
and great part OF them mor.aiiy.
My loss has not exceeded. x.s'i !
believe has not amoun;ed to ten XII
led ard as snany vouaded. The
entire destruction OF the enems's
array was new inevitable, had itnot
been for an unfortunate eceurreRee
which AZ this mataent took place on
iac other side eff tie river. Simul
aitaaeausly with his advance upon my
lines, he had thrown over In his boa;s
considerable force to the other
| side OF the river. These having
Handed, were hardy enough to I'd
vance against tho works OF Gen.
Morsan /: and, what is strange anu
difficult TO account for, at the very
moucnt when their entire discount
! ture was looked for with confidence
| approaching TO certainty, the ken
tucky reiniorvemeDts, IN whom SO
mncl, reliance had been placed ior
g!uriously fed. drawing after them,
/ by their example,. the remainder OF
Ire forces: and thus yicldiag 10 The
enemy thai most fortunate position
| The batteries which had rendered
me. for many days, Tue most I'M