Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-08-17
JESDAY MORNING, AUG II. Is.
Che DaiIp Direinian.
SKETCH OF THE
LEE OF GEN. SCOTT.
nATrLE nF cnIrrEMA.

med'alely transported across 10 the English
side The British army, 2, 100 strong, under
'ien. Riall, was encamped IN the Chippewa
helow,and preparations werelmmedatcly made
10 attack 1T without delay. Early on the 4th
OF July Scott set his columns in motion, and
rapidly advanced upon the British position.-
lie came upon the ad, anced posts of the enc
my, under the Marquis of | weeddalc, who at.
tackled, but was unable To retard tho progress
oi our troops. Scott assaied aud drove buck
Twcddalc's detachment upon the main body
ofthe enemy. The whole of the 4th of July
was thus passed by Scott ina march Of sixteen
miles. and in driving i'll the British outposts
A night Scott took up his quarters at Streets
Creek, about TWO miles from the enemy's en-
campment. Between thetwo armies lay the
long level plain of Chippewa, the battle field
of the succeeding day. Face to face the tw o
almles cncamped for the night. The morning
f'hc 5lh broke clear and glorious. The sun
mounted high IN the heavens pouring his fierce
beams upon the plain below On one side of
1t ran the river, and on the other stood dense
forest. The force of the Americans under
scott was 1000 strong. The enemy, com
mandcd by Gen. Rail, numbered 2,l00 men.
Of Rall's force, at least 600 were the vete.
ran troops of the Peninsular war, tho flower
oithc British army The rcmaing 500 were
Dragons and wclltrained miliia SCOTS
men had never seen service. The British were
" cll-tflcd and hitherto conquering soldicry,
possessing the advantage of decided supe-
rorny OF numbers, and the prestige of invinci-
blllty. But the daring and Jealous young
American general courted the unequal strife.
Filled with martial ardor, and an uncaculating
lntrcpldliy, that only sought the opportunity
10 wipe out The memory Of previous disaster
and imbecity, and TO exalt the glory of his
country, he mailed himself for the conflict
Ills hopes beat high IN the confidence Of a spir-
1t that felt determined TO wrest reluctant victo.
ry from It's iavortc standard In this hardy
temper of soul he led forth his troops upon the
plain. The British commander, in full reli.
ance upon the invincibility of his men, aniici.
pa,ed his antagonist s determination, and came
forth to meet him. The day had passed il.
skrmishes. AT five o'clock in the afternoon
The combaanls drew up in battle array Tho
Americans coolly ard steadily advanced in
line, stretching across the plain from the river
10 the WOOL. The British force IN similar or
der, supported by battery Of nine cannon,
confronted our ranks. The attack was stimuli
taneous and vehement on both sides, along the
whole line. The hostile armies, under des-
tructive fire. continued to approach until they
were within eighty yards Of one another each
manlfesting the utmost GOODNESS and the most
determined courage. Shoulder TO shoulder
the American troops ad anced. bravcly meet.
ing and falling before the iron tempest hurled in
their faces by the steady masses Of the prac-
tlccd foe. The young and gallant leader was
everyv here along The line encouraging and
animuting bis troops, and displaying an nc
tiyity,an enthusiasm, and q fearless disregard
OF danger that atinspired and electrified his little
army. While tho battle ragged in yet uncer.
tain fury, the British line was observed to be-
come IN q measure broken, IN consequence of
It's right wing having been retarded in its adj
vance by the wood, where ii had come into
conflict with Jessup's battalion. Scott seized
upon the favorable moment with the eye of a
veteran general, and by a siiIfu military ma.
nnuvre directed the whole force of his attack
upon the now weakened centre Of the enemy
The swiftness and fcrceness Of this moment,
backed by murderous fire of our artillery,
caused the encmy's line to waver. At this crit
cal moment he gave the order to "charge bay
onetm The onset was terrible. The British
columns were borne down und crushed by the
irresistible vigor Of This desperate assault
They broke and fled in confusion, amid tern.
BILE slaug hter. Scott followed up his advan-
tase with mastery activity, and pursued his
routed adversary over The plain into his in
trenchments. The numbers who fell in this
hard ioug ht engagement show it to be one Of
extraordinary severity. The loss of the Brit
ish in killed and wounded were SOB, or almost
one-fourth Of their entire focce. That Of the
Americans Was 327
Scots reputation rose high with this con
fict. He had now fought regular pitched
battle on an open field, with interior numbers,
against the best troops of the enemy, and won
by hard fighting and superior strategy.
PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY.
On the 7th of July, only Two days after the
battle Of Chippewa, the American army again
advanced, in order to get possession Of Fort
George and Burlington Heights. Scott fore
ed the passage of the Chippewa, compelling
Rail to retreat upon the latter position But
the works were found to be impregnable to
our means of attack. But Scott was not TO be
idlo. He was destined to be soon victor in