regiment of artillery, and a number of additional guns, and arrived at the Niagara on the 25th. Arrangements were immediately made between commodore Chauncey and general Dearborn, for an attack upon fort George and its dependencies. On the 26th the commodore reconnoitered the position at which the troops were to be landed, and at night sounded the shore, and placed buoys at stations for the small vessels. The weather, which had been for several days extremely boisterous, now moderated, and it was agreed that a conjoint attack, by the army and navy, should be made on the following morning. A sufficient quantity of boats, to land the troops in the order of attack, had been by this time provided, and a considerable number, which had been for several days building at the Five Mile Meadows, above the fort, were now in readiness to be launched into the Niagara river. On the afternoon of the 26th, the enemy, having observed the preparations for launching the boats, opened a small battery, which had been erected immediately opposite the Meadows, for the purpose of annoying the workmen and of destroying the boats. The fire from this battery produced a premature cannonade between forts George and Niagara, which was followed by a bombardment between all the batteries in the neighbourhood of the two forts. The battery which stood directly opposite fort George did great injury to that garrison, and its guns were directed with such precision that the halyards of the enemy's flag staff were shot away. No blockhouse, or wooden building of any description, in or near that fort, escaped injury; whilst on the American side, not the most trifling loss was sustained. The boats, in the meantime, succeeded in passing fort George, and proceeded to the encampment at Four Mile creek. On the same night all the artillery, and as many troops as could possibly be accommodated, were put on board the Madison, the Oneida, and the Lady of the Lake. The remainder were to embark in the boats, and to follow the fleet. At 3 o'clock on the morning of the 27th, signal was made for the fleet to weigh anchor. In consequence of the calmness of the weather, the schooners were obliged to resort to sweeps to attain their positions; which they did in the following order-Sailing masters Trant, in the Julia, and Mix, in the Growler, took their stations at the mouth of the river, and silenced a battery, which, from its

situation, commanded the shore where the troops were to land, about one-fourth of a mile below the town of Newark. Mr. Steevens in the Ontario, took a position to the north of the lighthouse, near which this battery was erected, and so close to the shore as to enfilade the battery, and cross the fire of the Julia and Growler. Lieutenant Brown in the Governor Tompkins, stationed himself near the Two Mile Creek, on the enemy's side, where a battery had been erected of one heavy gun. Lieutenant Pettigrew in the Conquest, anchored to the south-east of the same battery, opened on it in the rear, and crossed the fire of the Governor Tompkins. Lieutenant M'Pherson in the Hamillon, lieutenant Smith in the Asp, and sailing master Osgood in the Scourge, took stations near the above, to cover the landing and to scour the woods and the plain. This disposition was skilfully effected, and each vessel was within musket shot of the shore. At 4 o'clock generals Dearborn and Lewis, with their suites, went on board the Madison, and by that hour the troops were all embarked. The whole number amounted to more than four thousand. The batteries were now playing upon each other from the opposite sides of the river, and the troops advanced at intervals in three brigades. The advance was led by colonel Scott. It was composed of the artillery acting as infantry; of Forsythe's riflemen; and of detachments from infantry regiments; and landed near had been silenced by the Governor Tomp

kins.

theal Boyd, to whom the late general Pike's had been assigned, commanded the first line,

was flanked by colonel M'Clure's Baltimore and Albany volunteers. This brigade struck the enemy's shore immediately after the advance had landed. The second brigade, under general Winder, followed next, and then the third under general Chandler. While the troops were crossing the lake in this order, the wind suddenly sprung up very fresh from the eastward, and caused a heavy sea directly on the shore; the boats could not therefore be got off to land the troops from the Madison and Oneida, before the first and second brigades had advanced, and M'Comb's regiment, and the marines under captain Smith, did not reach the shore until the debarkation of these brigades had been completed.

When the advance, which consisted of about five hundred men, was approaching the point of landing, successive vol

leys of musquetry were poured upon it by twelve hundred regulars, who were stationed In a ravine. A brisk exchange of shot was kept up for fifteen minutes, the advance, nevertheless, continuing to approach the enemy without faultering. Such, indeed, was the eagerness of the troops, that officers and men jumped into the lake and waded to the shore. Captain Hindman of the 2d artillery, was the first man upon the enemy's territory. The troops were now formed with celerity, and led to the charge. They drove the enemy from their strong hold, and dispersed them in every direction; some of their forces taking to the wood for shelter, and others retreating to the fort. The former were vigorously pursued by Forsythe's riflemen, and the latter by the advance corps, and the first brigade. Few shot were fired from the fort, the panick being instantly communicated to the garrison.-Fort Niagara, and its dependent batteries were still throwing in their shot, and fort George having become untenable, the enemy hastily laid a train to the magazines, abandoned all their works, and moved off with the utmost precipitation in different routes. Colonel Scott with his light troops continued the pursuit, until he was recalled by an order from general Boyd.→→ Lieutenant Riddle had been sent by colonel Scott with his detached party, to annoy the rear of the enemy, but not being ordered back, at the time when the light troops were recalled, he followed his route to Queenstown, and took up several of his straggling parties. The dragoons under colonel Burn, crossed the Niagara river above fort George, at the moment the pursuit was stopped.The light troops now took possession of fort George, colonel Scott, and captains Hindman and Stockton, with their companies, entering first and extinguishing the fires, which were intended to explode the magazine: one had, however, already been blown up. General Boyd and colonel Scott mounted the parapet, and cut away the staff, whilst captain Hindman succeeded in taking the flag which the enemy had left flying, and which he forwarded to general Dearborn. The American ensign was then hoisted in the town and fort, and all the troops were called in and quartered. At 12 o'clock, Newark, and all its surrounding batteries, were in quiet possession of the American army-and such was the speed with which the enemy retreated, that very few of his troops were overtaken. General Dearborn's forces had been under arms

eleven hours, and were too much exhausted to pursue him with as much rapidity as he moved off.

At the time the enemy abandoned his works, the wind had encreased so much and the sea had become so violent toward the shores that the situation of the fleet at the stations which the different vessels had taken, was thought to be dangerous in the extreme. Commodore Chauncey therefore made signal for the whole fleet to weigh, and to proceed into the river, where they anchored between the forts George and Niagara. Although the action was fought by inferior numbers on the American side, the advance, and part of Boyd's brigade only being engaged, the loss of the enemy was excessive. He had in killed one hundred and eight, in wounded one hundred and sixty three, one hundred and fifteen regulars were taken prisoners, exclusive of his wounded, all of whom fell into the hands of the Americans. So that the loss of the enemy in killed,wounded and prisoners, of his regular force, amounted to three hundred and eighty six. The militia prison

ers who were parolled to the number of five hundred and seven, being added to their loss, makes a total of eight hundred and ninety three. The American army lost thirty nine in killed, and one hundred and eleven in wounded. Among the former only one officer, lieutenant Hobart of the light artillery. Among the latter were major King of the 15th, captain Arrowsmith of the 6th, captain Steele of of the 16th, captain Roach of the 23d (who had been wounded at the battle of Queenstown heights, and was promoted to the rank of captain for his good conduct there) and lieutenant Swearingen of Forsythe's riflemen. The British 49th (Invincibles) was in this action, and colonel Myers, who commanded it, was wounded and taken prisoner.

In speaking of the conduct of the soldiers and seamen, both general Dearborn and commodore Chauncey alleged, that all behaved too well to suffer the election of any one for commendation. The former, however, in a second despatch to the war department, stated that the whole of the officers and men, discovered that readiness and ardour for action, which evinced a determination to do honour to themselves and their country-that the animating examples set by general Boyd and colonel Scott, deserved particular mention, and that he, the commander in chief, was

greatly indebted to colonel M. Porter, of the light artillery; to major Armistead, of the 3d regiment of artillery; and to captain Totten of the engineers; for their skilful execution, in demolishing the enemies forts and batteries. Lieutenant commandant Oliver H. Perry had joined the squadron on the night of the 25th, volunteered his services in the contemplated attack, and rendered great assistance in arranging and superintending the debarkation of the troops. On board the squadron, the loss was one killed and two wounded. Commodore Channcey was indefatigable in his co-operations with the army, in all its important movements. In this affair many of the advantages which were obtained, were to be attributed to his judicious plan of silencing the enemy's batteries.-General Dearborn had been confined for several days by a violent indisposition, but he refused to yield the command of the expedition, and issued his orders regularly from his bed.

Captain Perry was despatched to Black Rock the day after the battle, with fifty seamen to take five vessels to Take Erie as soon as possible, and to prepare the whole squadron for the service by the 15th of June. Two brigs had been launched at Erie, and two or three small schooners, had been purchased into the service. The squadron was daily expected to be in readiness to proceed to Presqueisle, to co-operate with the north-western army.

On the 28th, general Dearborn having received information, that the enemy had made a stand on the mountain, at a place called Beaver Dam, where he had a deposit of provisions and stores; and that he had been joined by three hundred regulars from Kingston, landed from small vessels, at the head of the Lake, immediately ordered general Lewis to march to that place, with Chandler's and Winder's brigades, the light artillery, dragoons, and riflemen, to cut off his retreat. Although the enemy's troops from fort Erie and Chippewa, had joined his main body at Beaver Dam, he precipitately broke up his encampment on the approach of the Americans, and fled along the mountains, to the head of the lake. General Lewis's army moved on, and took possession of the different posts between fort George and fort Erie, the latter of which was entered by lieutenant colonel Preston, of the