The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-18

man aod major Hall TO rcnort le ope-
ralons IN the fort the fulmeri WHICH
ohcers, being the senior Office Of ar
tfIery CT the army under the aid ma.
Jor general Gaines, and havin the Sc
neral supeTint.ndanCe of all Il artile
ry attached To said army, was not s:s
toned Ia fort Erie aud the cmmert
4 OF major Hall being copsBed Q sma'
dctachmeHt which was sent into ,he
tort under special orders, bta ve,}
short time before he clssc c ,ae OF
ton, and which Yas, theueh orayci,
worse than uscie s5iy emploY6 ". ~
practicable service and boit.,rr
which officers had IN opportunity 90 =
acquainlcd with the aen&El deithcg
the iort--condac! on the par, o. Sc
said major general Ga,nes eaicuia,c
most nujusily % insult crl no,raa a.,
honor allie sensia.iuies e, M 10, il'p.
lbie art The offers 9na n'ea {! tae IN
tanfty unoer rs command \ >xclGae
them iron ikcir f;gh';ui parAFauon in
tAe glory and hcnors Q! TIA; os;,le, and
To produce diaefcciicn ond disssuiop
Ia The service, aua jniurc iis interests.
| SneeJc0 tIos In th,s--ibat the
said Najo. General S.sinss, in MS
prircipai de,aiied OFFICIAL report 10 ~
Sccrctary OF War, OF Ire Eatir OF the
Is Of August, ie!4, a!9re SAID with
Ta'ics, ala unjns,ly amd contrary to
| irs dnsJ, curcealt6 ,hc FACE 'ha, M,jur
! ir1mb!c commanded Eo,t Erie Gu Ing
he said baltic anI, not only cone ealec
4 y Il =,
| cate the imprc ssion that lie did not so
command +; and that; IN tie h;st par; q;
| he action. The fort was Commanded by
Captain Williams, and sfterwsrds by
Slaior Ilindman.--thc said Major
Conceal Gaines ha, ing, in person, on
'He evening Immediately preceding
toe acIicn, assigned the command OF
the tort to Mlior Trimble, and Major
rrimbie ranking bu;h Captain Wi
.iams and Major Hindman, and com
msndlns the fort during the battle
Specification S. IL his Tba, The
SAID, Major General Gaines, in his
aforesaid cfEicial Report OF the battle
OF Fort Erie, stated that the centre
column OF the enemy, led ty Coz.
Drummond, +" approached at once
every asssiiable part OF the fort, ard,
With scaling ladders, assembled the pa
rapet, but was repulsed with dreadful
carnage. The assault was twice re
peated, and IS often checked
Whereas, The whole effuI Is Of SAID co
iumn Of he emery, in the frs, part oil
the action, and dering the time alluded
to in the said statement, as the SAID
Major Games knew, or ought TO have
known, we're directed against The north
- of tho fort, (sr north line Of
ie"ouoR connecting i bastioGs If ilse
torO; and that the said Al. 10, Gene
raj Gaines, in said Statement, aud
throughout his Rcpori, omitted 70
mention that it was by the detal:.-
!aent OF the nineteenth infantry, sta
toned in the fort, that his service was
performed the said Major Gaines
being careful iu other parts OF bis re
port, TO state who were Engaged in tho
services mentioned and alleged: here
IN misrepfesehtiug the BATH Of tor
EFls, uniS:ly iniuriug The officers aud
Inen OF the detachment of The 10Th
lriantny, sta'ioaed III for, and aellre
with improper Partially towards othe,
parts OF the Army he Commanded, to
The Injury Of the service
Specification In tbis--ihac The
said maJnr general Gaines. in his alore
aid ofhclai report of the battle # for, |
EVE, represented and caused il to be !
understood that tho left column of the !
shemV. led BY col Scott, was complete.
y repuised aud finally driven from the |
contest by the American troops sta,
Toned 10 the right Of fort Eiie end |
between the tortaDd the Lake and that
ne said major general Gaines, in his
said official report, suppressed the
acts, that The said left column Of the
.nemy--havi9g advanced in the direc
ion, and within about sixty yards oil
IN. opesing in said line between the
OFT aud the lake, and being deferred
rom proceeding further in that direc-
ION and from entering said opening BY
IN inccssant blaze Of fire from The
Douglass battery, and the artillery and
nlsntry stationed Oh said line-~moyedl
promptly to the right, gained the di'cb
u the northeast bastion IF The lcrt
md was the first to assault and enter
hat bastlon that large proportion oil
he prisoners remaining and taken in
nd Eear the fort, belonged to the lo3it
eglmenis which was said lett columns;