Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-01-03
1917 and1as1
IRON ths Albany Iourna1

ne EnaSElIade OF the scale upon which th
r war is now faging in this country is conducte
{ is appalling, if we compare it with those tha
have preceded it. The war of the Revolution
: was relatively mere succession of skirmisbes
The war Of 1872. measured both as regard
numbers and the 6eld of operation, shrinks in
tc contemplate insiguifcance beside the gigan
.ie operations that are going on at the presen
hour. If we lock back at the history, mort
4 especially of-tbe last war with England, anG
compare its leading incidents with those of the
conflict now raging, we shall find it hardly risc
to the dignity of modern Reconnaissance
| The battles dwindle down into the veriesi
martial eneaetes; the casualties are few, and
the number of prisoners taken in victori-
ous engageHents, counted rather by hundreds
| than thousands
| We cite few incidents from the war of g.
2 10 show what petty affairs relatively, were
some OF tho = : Fssieiqriea achieved by our
arms.
The FIRST 4bAtsleT Of any Importance was
! that Of BroEnstown, near Detroit, fought Aug.
9th, 1912. Our force was only 500. that OF
the British ard Indians conLin d zoe. Our loss
was Is kellal and 6S wounded; that of the en-
emy I6O.
Gen. IInlls army" which disgracefully sur
rendered atDctroit few days later, only num-
bering tweu five hundred men; while that of
the enemy consisted only of 700 English and
500 Indians. y o wonder Gen. Brock. who com
maRded the latter, wrote to Sir. Gen Provost:
When | detail all my good fortune. your Ex.
.cellency VIII be surprised.
At the battle of Queenstown, two columns
Of 305 mee each, did about all the fighting on
our side. Gen. Van Rensselaer,, in his reports,
says, "Onethird part Of the men idle might
have savedalI." As it was, some looked on.
while ''many fed into the woods" leaving their
brethren T. their fate.
At the Eeige Of Fort Erie the English threw
1000 red hot shot without hurting a man
Our loss vas only four killed and seven woun-
ded
Brigadier General Smith abandoned his IA
vorite project OF invading Canada West, be. |
cause. although he had been preparing the |
greater pert Of the summer, and had encrgeti- |
cally druflmed up volunteers, he had succeeded !
in coIeetiag only 500 men, and he did not
think that the expedition would be successful I,
unless hc-had l SEQ more.
At thsbatlle OF York our force was L ZOO: |
that Of tle, enemy 100 English aud 100 Indi-
ans. Our loss was BOG in killed and wounded; |
that Of the enemy, loo killed, 800 wounded,
200 prissners. This was one OF our greatest
victories yet it is not to be compared with the
battle Of Belmont, or that Of Balls Bluff, eth
er as regards the number engaged or the loss
sustained
At III battle OF Sackett's Harbor, The enc
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killed aud wounded was so; ours ! 81. Among
tho trophies taken by our troops were the Brit
ish standard and mace.
Gom. Perry IS victory on Lake Erie was es-
teemed "big thing in its day; yet his whole
feet esasisted only OF 81 guns and two awivels:
that . IAe enemy consisted of 63 guns and 2 |
swiVciFs Our loss IN killed and wounded pss
l23; that of the enemy has never been definite
y known.
At the battle of Chippewa our loss was
328; that of the enemy 514. At the battle Of
Fort Erie our loss was 81; that of the enemy
$50.
Al the battle Of Baltimore the enemyis force
numbered from 1000 to 5000; ours was proba-
bly, less than half that number. Our loss was
only 10; that of the enemy some 700 in killed.
wounded and missing.
Even the battle New Orleans looks insigni-
fcant to eyes that have witnessed q reconnois-
sance on the Potomac 10000 strong, and re-
view OF 10000 troops. The British forces in
;luding sailors and marines was about l4,O00;
that of Gen jackson 1920 on the len bank Of
The river and about 800 distributed in posi-
lions hard By. Oar loss was I killed and 6 woun-
ledi that Of the enemy 700 killed and 400
wounded.
1t :ssafe TO say that notwithstanding the tor
Do; ofa large share ofour army, and the taunis
hat VIC have thus far been playing at war;
greater number of lives have oecn lost within
.he past five months than during the entire @ war
If 1872