Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-02-09

"0'c uihihilS anu cdTouSInS, anu none
manifested any intention Of going to the
reliei of their suffering comrades. Gen.
; Brown rode amongst them highly inccns-
cd at this shameful behavior, aud up
braided them severely for their cowardlN
conduct His passions were highly GN-
, citcd, and such was the cutting severity
! Of his rcbukc, that many, even IN that
, crowd OF recrcants, conscience stricken
and pcntent, begged to be led once more
against the enemy, that they ml@ht have
an opportunity Of retrieving their charac-
ters. by means of promises, Threats.
and even, ~ some cases, of actual NIo-
u lenCc, the General succeeded in bring
ing these men into oldcr, aud from the
sensbility to shame which many had
manifested, he now felt assured that they
might be relied upon IN the face of the
enemy. They were accordingly put In
motion, with orders to march by the
skirts Of the woods, in sight Of the enemy,
and threaten to turn his right flank and
cut him off from his boats This move
j mcnt decided the fate of the day. The
! British almost worn out by the obstinate
VI ih' li''pS III 'l'll Il'll' I'iI
finding their rear thus mcnaccd saw the
necessity Of finally dcsisting from their
attempt, and securing their retreat In
! their last charge they had lost brave
officer, Asst. Adj. Gen. Gray, who fell
while gallantly leading an attack on the
log houses. The enemy at first retired
slowly and in good order, bat they very
! hrnl. n,I n,I ,,,,tl i,.
their boats, where they embarked before
the Americans could arrive to prevent
B them, leaving a part of their dead and
wounded on the field. Shortly before
), the British rctrcatcd, Sir George Pre-
vost and Sir james Nco were seen ON
shore with their Staff, in the rear OF the
left of their line.
j Thus by his energy and skilI'ul Gene
t ralship, the American commander was
, enabled to save Sackett's Harbor from
f the enemy, even after his original plans
+ for its defence had entirely failed The
5 loss on both sides IN this action was very
, severe. The British acknowledge 100
men killed and wounded, but the mum
; Der must have been much greater: %
English privates were found dead on the
!; field; 2 captains and 90 prIvatcs were
, found wounded, s including the wound
= ed, 2 captains, | ensign, and - prvatcs
were taken prisoners. Between 1000
and 1900 Of the cncmy's troops were
!, landed, who remained on shore, accord
} ing to the British account, about ; hours
On the American side there were lJl
killed, wounded and missing Among
the killed was Col. Mills of the militia
who died early IN the action; the gallant
j Backus was moralIy wounded. The
: loss on the side of the Americans, was
principally sustained by the Dragons,
= full one third of whom were either killed
J, or wounded. Though these troops had
], never before met an enemy, they bchav-
r ed with a degree Of intrcpidity which
r could not have been exceeded by yctC-
: ran troops, and the commanding General.
T, though he afterwards saw much hard
: fighting, has been repeatedly heard 10
!, declare, that on no occasion did he ever
witness greater display of hcroism than
/ they exhibited. During the action, the
: cncmy's fleet got under way and stood
towards the Harbor, but they could not
safely approach very near, as the wind
|, was light, and in direction unlavorahlc
to them. The fleet during the engage
!; mcnt, partially co-opcratcd with the land
= forces, but their fire did not produce
much effect. Very soon after the ac-
= ton, the enemy sent ashore a flag ol
!, truce, with a request that the surgeon
/, |I,,,h L., h.,
: to attend upon their wounded, which re-
/ quest was granted Had not lIcm.
: Chaunccy, acting upon false Information,
unfortunately ordered the storc-houscs Ia
be destroyed, whereby property was lost
to the amount of $500, 900, the success
on our part would have been complete.
Capt. Nc lit and his volunteers behdv-
cd gallartly, as did It, kctcham and
those under his command; the other reg
| ular troops also did much hard fighting
The good conduct of Maj. Swan, who
/, acted as Adlutant General, is particular
: " noticed in one of the official accounts
= of this action Though the main body
/, of the militia men shamciully fled at the
beginning of the day, they at last un-
E doubtcdy turned the scale in our favor,
by the demonstration they made OF slez-
ing the encmy's boats.
i Late in the afternoon Of the 29th, Col.
Tuttle arrived at Sackett's lIarbor, with
about 40 Regulars. lie had heard Of
the attack and had pushed on by forced
march, but could not arrive in time to
participate m the defence. A few days
j after the battle, Commodore Chaunccy
\ came down the Lake with news of the
/ ,o,sn,, oC En,t Ennruc an tho D1tb nnd