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Show 12 THE WAR. V". I. 4V0. 51. .. "WW . ___.,~_.___________._____ -. -... .. "f .. ...-..... / cued that vessel, which had on board a lar'vc quantity of powder. b The British force consisted of 8 sail of vesThe death of grencral Pike was as heroic as that , them; each corps sending out proper filtlik-t;‘ll.'tl(li:. of'gciieral Wolf. \t'olt'dicd almost instantly. When sels, with numerous barges ; and probably had \Vlicn the Cllt‘lllV shall bu Ille-m'cl‘vtl 1" "'0‘", ll": I'l- Pike recovered enough to speak, alter the tremen- on board from 1200 to 1500 men, with Indians, fiemcn will liirm'tlie channand maintain tlieirgroilud, dous explosion, which deafened and amazed for it until they have the siirnal (the prepsi‘ntin) or receive , minute, every one, he encouraged his men to push orders to retire, at which thcy will retreat with the . on. They gave three cheers, and advancingr to the STU-WU?" W100"), 1""1 1'01"" Birth") "H We N") flanks ‘ charge, overcame all before them, at the point of the The three reserve platoons of this line will form under the orders of major Swan, 0W3 hundred i yards in 1b" "‘3" "Him CW)": leady ‘0 WWW" "by ‘ part which iiiiiysiliow :tn urstezidy ( ouiitenaiice. Mayor litistis itzid his train Will form in the rear of this rescrrc, rcitdy to act where circumstances may dictate. The second line will be composed of the Elst ill-- Entry, in six platoons, l'lziiikcil by col. M‘tLhire's voltuitccrs, upially div l<lt d :15 light troops. The whole ‘ . under the ordcrs of col, ltipley. It is expected that every coips will be mindful of the honor oi" the «bonito/i iir‘iii.,-, and the disgrace.» and t-ndi-a- vor, by at Cool and iii-teriiiiiictl discharge of their duly, in [support the one, and wipe (ill' the oiliciu 'l‘lie l‘illt'illt'li in front, \i ill maintain tlit-irgrounsl at all ha» 73"tl5, until oi'iloi'ctl to retire, its will (wry tor/1.9 of the (ii-mu \\ itli an assurance of being duly supporteil, should the conimiiiiiling ijciici'iil find it, prudent to siderable niinibir ot' lil ter having: reiinb:-.rlted, thi y sent, me :1 flag, desiring to have their killed and wounded attended to. l made them sittislit-d on that subject. .L'irit'ilctnzry arr/C A gentleman who left Fort Nizigziin ycsterday, has those who hiive litllcn. Colonel Mills was shot dead i eniibled us to announce the following highly imporat the commencement of the action ; and Colonel "Lick- tant intelligence: Yestz_-:‘<l:iy morningr in conformity to pre‘. ions arrange us, of the 113C X‘tht. light dragooiis, nobly fell at the head of his, regiment, as victory was declaring,r for us. )iiC‘ItiS,‘1Ul/") men, under the innncdizitc command of I will not presume to praise this regiment: their gal- igun. Lewis, embarked on board the fleet, lyingr near hint conduct on this day merits much more than praise Fort Niagara, under coziiiiiaiid oi" (lulll. (Jhuuncev: The new ship and cciniri'idore Uhauncey's prize the: during,r the early part of the moi llillg' there was a thict: [hike ol'(£liric,ester is ye‘. sate in Sucket's-llarbor'. bir fig, \t liich prevented the landing until about 7 o‘clock, (icorfl‘e l'rcvost liiiided and commanded in person. when the vessels forineJ a curve line t‘i‘xit'lltllllg‘ from Sir Jiinies Yeo commanded the enemy's diet. In haste. 3 a little beyond the light house to the two tllili‘ creek; Yours, rte. .iACon-intowx. 1 a van-guard, CUHSISUH‘LQ‘ of b'UU picked ii.t-n, among 1'. S. It is very possible that we shall be again at- ‘ whom Were l'oi'sytli's rilleineii, and :t number of the tacked as sir George must {WI Very sore. "1. are lliiltnnore and Albany volunteers, under the command however, greatly I‘tii‘:l')l't:t:(l from the countrv; and by 3 oi‘col. Scott, now put tor the shore, and cll'ccted a the zil'l'lV'éillii'41-5i) regulars, under col. 'l'uttle, who ai-_ landing in good order: they ascended the bank and rived very shortly after the action was over; and I were attack.;<l by the enemy who had drawn his whole -. trust that you may rest satished, thwt we siiall not be force to this point; they gave back and tornied on the (li5"'l"tCL‘d bench ; a spirited tire was now exchanged for 15 ini~ b iintes, which had but little eliect on our troop-i, they ‘ ‘ ]L.Z'{T(Ift of a [chr from an 0 ZL‘L‘T, dated being partly sheltered by the bank; duringr which time a body ofrising 200'} men, made a landing; while ' -i‘.l -, '1'," (1...; ' ‘S'ZC/‘U '5 1107617", ‘1‘"1 ‘3‘ l) 0 ("AA '1- 111' the hints \iere pushing for the shore, the shipping I ll‘dV‘: ill" time to "lim‘m 3")", that at (lulu opened a powerful and well directed fire upon the light this iiiiiriiiiigg, the lliitisli, with a large: enemy, who gave way, and took up their line or Ft:land force, and the whole iitival force ot‘liakcf ti'cat in the rear of l'ort George; the [lying artillery ‘ Ontario, made an attempt upon this harbor (which had 3.an landed) played upon the enemy in directions of line at the commencement of the action, If they [I'm fldV‘IllCC in ""0: '11 may be i" P‘m‘lld "'3"de "film" 10""5, 01‘ otherwise, as the W'mllld 01' circumstances ‘ . _ No man will load until ordi-red, escept the light troops in front, until within a short distuncc of the 'Jnflll‘} ' and "W" L/‘Il'ié'c [ml/""3" " "ll" "limb ""1"" my 5‘59: that we can mp" them "4"" """r own wezipons. I," Any mun I/I'I‘Zill‘ljl', qr quitting /i/: [wt-t wit/mu! .. ', , flit/[11.0, Jluz/ 28. i-.i.:i 9"! "‘3 "11"" 551"" 101"»vadoll/ugh 4" '-~"""‘1‘/" "‘43 he izcrc.iay«ir_i/. Platoon oliicers Will pay tiie greatest :ittcntion to the coolness and aim of their int-n in the "Wi .' .and iiris I,.,J.',..' ~r-."l; ii" , then "git only 17L) in thei.7 Lotti/t I it iicld officers, n‘ill watch over the conduct 0/ {lie :ti/iIi/«r. . . .. (bi/ruff" and brutwri/ in the held, do not more diatiiiguish the soldier tlirtn liui‘riaiiity zd‘tcr \icioi'y; "'idl \i'liittcvcr examples the sitvzuge allir, s ol‘oiii- (new cs: iii-try have given 15:, the ;jcin i'iil coiii‘idtntly hot (#7,; that the blood of an lll'i]'t' Jn~~'u‘a:rvi' "1")" "l -" I" D ‘1' "'3‘ mill never :itttiti the weapons ol~ the nit/[thew a] lie, U1- , "'lllll l' The lllii‘iiii‘lfllilil't‘; citizens of Canada fU‘L‘ n'iziny (Ii-l 'licm our own countrymcn, and the poor Canadiois have been forced into the war. their propert}, illt‘lti- i The floor was under the command of s 'i\.‘il Eit- executed Yo it i» 1.:riiiiisiiriicii: tinder 'i Reg. liii? Command; lit/third Butlalo. 512;. ;' :'(jll(.‘1';tl assures the tivoozr-i', that should they capture-l bodies. hey bcgan to lay tlii: ti in: 1 i l Jay "lie decks are fin.» sttfl til." the tons, l|')l‘ ll J it his to ii: iii l'l?.t§i)i.‘l"ll on therefore tie cannot 1" 'i iipi June. Geri llarriaiin .s‘iii tie get llji‘: command of cars are very eiiiitideiit st :"7?! r ' me we can do an) trim; a; WHIP-g a sharp iliiall N'Lh' ii. any \l‘h‘il'lllli'ich-zltt‘ will .it ' .__ H Tie several crii-p; \ililrli iv r~ i i' ~.‘ .. {'i‘l'tlleie l‘ttlu \leigs lilil'.‘H innit: r» ,i.‘"ai'1(.'.,0‘/" i li_ ., llic loi‘iiicr has The loss ol‘ olli~ "LN ttiitl mc" i3 Coiisitltji'fiblc. i' .[3 I, . 'tf'l . ( ‘ _ I, , l rll‘c 1 y .1 it p \ "l' "Hm" ' l J H "U" ' I" .5 5L "L to i all the novel store-houses, by which our small i'ctrcztictl, Fort Niagara and the batteries opt-ind 1; lil‘lilvll batteries, and litt-"ally Lligiiiolishctl them. The trio StllU‘IliL‘l'S ti‘rowltr and Ontario, ant litil‘t'tl in the iiioutli of Niagara rivcr, and played upon the fort and batteries with much tii'ect. 'l‘ht: tiiciny I't‘il'L‘tllUl towards Quecnston‘n. Z~ 31- Hi?" land also Ltil the stores tzdten tit the capture oi i i but immediately optncd :i lirc llptill Hack Hock, which was returned, and ('tililllillt‘tl at iiiterizils, du- y , ‘ ~ lliis was done pi'ciii:.ttirely, as they ' Too much pl‘lti5i‘, says an ()lliCt‘l‘ in a letter to his concluded. the enemy had nearly forced the friend, cannot be giwn to nizijoiugeiitmzil l)earborii, t'or die military management which lli‘ has «ninetd WW") ‘Vlll‘il‘ "1‘5"" S")- _ ~ The sl-zclctoii of the ship is preserved; and six tiiis'afl'air. ulSo the l)ukc of ("Dog gti r Kingston was considered the point of i A ii. it 1i) (ll-{I'lli (fl I \‘3 ‘i ,-i taken down, and the 3m: l'lt‘LLll flag substituted in its :in express to Port E'Zrie. i‘iorlt. ,. ti time this \t't'rh' intimi i, , ut' inrciiirri'x, an d t‘ cliirzit‘i efi'lfi'u‘c‘, "4) 1,": "A, prize-tin: lat- attack; "61:3" PM" was "5"""1 V" t" ""3"" "‘15 3"" ter of which was pi't-s~_;i-vcd from the flames pressmii. troops were marched to the eastern part of the Lake in the vicinity of Kingston-even the l) systtm of British espionage was turned completely ltuitcer llt‘lltCli'lllt "l 7h": "L43": "V‘Wi 5‘50"" the . ‘1‘ ll' I t" . ‘ V1 . H‘; W ,p f H Y M: "L i)" "'.'y "m. ‘l‘s‘fi‘anf" 0 d "0‘ ) {villi «(RT 1 plstce, amidst the accla‘iiiiatitins of t' itisuiids. l".<)lll nii early hour in the morning, until the British t and scanty quantity of stores was destroyed, "‘"l"‘9("‘m|" .\ i ""13? way. We are 3;.pr-iiti filthy and what with anoihz", l'art About .1. o'clock in the afternoon, Llll British sent Charles G. Jones, a ' but the "may: has no: i c, The men left in most trciiiciidous ("Lilllttilldtlt‘ upon l-‘oi-t (.‘ivorgv and the he may at any lili/Il'it'tlt l‘L‘lid‘ to it; and gin; (Liplitiil'n ket bulls through his hotly. "0"" m h" "Vb'ml"l‘""" . , in mortal Wound in his side. 'iy order tithe bl‘lh'lttllt‘l‘vKClN'l'le, The three gumbo is rigged, and to) ' slay, all wit 'tiiisii'; (‘Llizil' pm The batteries, below thc; ring the night. I‘iltl'l} this n‘ioriiiiig the llriti-ih contiiiciicetl destroying their public stores; all their mug» ,izines, all their barracks, public stores and store:houst:s, from (,‘hippewa to Point Abiiio, have been blown up or buintsd, We o i not learn that any private buildings were destroy ed at Newark. Since the above was in type, we have received the upon them-one ethic of their spies were antitrcd mg undcr the flames ct tlic storc'lzouses, rcs' following, from our correspondent at Niagara; . 't. \ i. . u._m'~w . Um. troops tiiitler col Backus and (:01. 511115, "mun" . head of- each Corps,ll bt'h'tvcd with Srl‘C'tL This order slinll be rezid zittne [I " '_ 0 ‘ ""tll'lllU'V b", ‘ ~ ‘ 'l‘lii- I l'i'tcr "L ' was " "Rifle"mp1"HirerhmilC,,,.,~yui;i:.m)3n (mim- that lliilcd early 11) the action, and licd t.ircc iiitisv z'r‘m,d5_mu1 "may property l't; punt]. tiitiiii"r:y,vii:li lit) whole- 2pm: Backer: itx'btir. ol‘ the army entered Fort (iutil'gt‘,tlt£‘ British llag‘ was About 700 British were liindcd. shall be treated as enemies; but iiitht: who zit-e peaco- ".lle following the pin-suits ofthcir various vocations, ' new on the pair at tfze e 1 the tort Were taken and sent to Fort Niagara All those found in iiinis iii the enemy s countiy, CAPTURE Ul'i ft) The Albany steam-bruit iat.‘ ‘ bring: intelligence that to?! la. whoops til the Co ted 51.0.6; of goods Ucarburn Lili'l Les it item are not l‘i the other a when 35.: i l .t...vois to picctiic tiit.in a icwaid tioin h.» is" I Iliii' inns r ' tirii. Lewis now formed a line extending from the light house to the Niagara river above Fort George; to prevent the escape ot'tlic enemy, but all had made pal i'iiiigazines shared the same tote. .,! Hint}; heard mm c I hat; 1h"! "w- iinpi'niripltd air: la Canada, with J. inc-A r‘i' to express or ‘) tint" ‘1.ii:m li'oiii pin-Tina figmdngmnd solemnly to aw iicriil Shuttle-wand that alter a hard liiught action of live hours, they Were driven buck to good their retreat, except a doAt-ii, \i. ho had been left fibre,. must lie lit-ill. sacred; and . . any ratio, ,. r \ilio shill tlicir bouts with trl‘C'tt Sltlll'rlltcl' lCZlV'lllt" the to blow tip their liltthttitintfs. 'l‘wo small iiiztgaziiivs so far nrglnct the honor of his Iil‘tilt‘S‘att'ill :is to hi: ii 1" "d 'irl H '1 "("3" rhb 'l ."I tl‘ "01.x t \rt-rc blow it tip--a short time alter which their princiguilty ol' I:lt‘lltl(tl‘ll!:if‘ the iiilntliitmits, shall, it Ct:ll\iti‘.-: ju'" ‘H Mm" 3 .. "Ii" ll 1"" '.Ly H 5' '.,tl, be punished with (Inc/n lint tlii coniiiituitlii'ig; i‘n'CUl (JUl' U'UUPS l'JI' it lnllc) CUVCI‘Ctl Wltll thLih Cu v; of ‘ at. . i . fir: . ; his retreat with considerable ctlLCt. JMUCS YOU, éltHl [be ai‘iiiy stud to be under ge- Wk": ‘l‘li‘l‘ll‘vyi "l. I‘M/"'4'" -"-'°""""' "C "m. . "S" his~M.,._ Mil 1",... vV/Iisu', UL -. g FORT(HKNKHZTAKEN3 [1c digit/tour:/ic‘i[_/rii- i'iniiui/ii'li/ and firmer] ()iir loss is not numerous, but serious, from the great worth of lint, . as a your"! ride, whatever . may be . the may dictatt‘._ \ . , ' : aim-1., prisnnir-zs int ,."itP15 We receive lfli:il‘ll1.t '3, i" l‘dlt'l‘hgi,‘ \, h. imitil‘lgtl‘ins,ll i i'r d, " ,~i iii/'15:: "it iila mu . and the dead bodies, both of men and horseii‘J amongr the llUllil'It‘l‘, several oliiccrs of distinction. All are considerable, strcwcd about a mile. by the heads oi" platoons, Covered by the l‘lllt‘l'nt‘ll; and the ..'8L‘on(11'fllc will advance by the heads of platoons, pass the intcrvzils, and form the line; call in the light troops, and renew the action. lint th" general may find it proper to lil'llljl; up the second line on one or both flanks, to charge in columns, or perform a variety of mnntruvres which it would be impossible to the (""95 "'1" {01'1" "5 "Vim" directed. c :d and wounded on the field, d the hatterii "Fort George an num. iLr g a m «demolished, by our Ali.) .iron destmeil lie (on c in the "VHJI‘ lil MC", » =~ "; mi" ht fig ure Mmles-m y‘w " 'l ly lu th wi W {C liiillbdflntl 3 Light m 7""), oners last a. \Vc have lost some fine follows. ships and four schooner and thirty large open boats. ‘ I have \ch are completely vic ions. The enemy lost a Con- ‘jtlbt rode over the ground from the landing, withdraw the front linc, he will trivc orders to rt tire foresee . , the naval force consisted of two ships. the \Vlii-n they brought the llritisli colors to - icy-Ah- #41:; ..-.X_ "-34ch . which have teci-nf'ii tarnished our (inns; now in the village. . - . .and ‘ ' l )tv.otost ' Royal George-a brig, the Prince general l'ikc, they were folded up and placed under Refreiit, and the rest schooncrs and gun-boatSrhis head; upon which he said--" [ do- column/11:" A British zidjutaiit-gcneral was killed. then laid llia hand upon his brave heart, and expired? they are now embarked, and under way for [flu-t. l'ut. Kingston. At the close of the action, a British barge, 'l‘lll‘i ENEMY l)l‘il"E.\'l‘lCl). . witii a naval lieutenant, under a llai‘r of truce, Emir/let ofrl lei‘tri‘fi‘mn liri'giizli'ri' (rein-rid Jam/1 Ifi‘n‘ixizi, to Iiui rarer/(«wiry gov. Tomb/ping, (Inter) frat/JIM flur- came to the bank of the river, and demanded lim, Jliii/ .19. of tin ofliccr who Vas standing there, in the "i: were attacked at the dawn oi" this day, by a ‘ nttmc of the general and commodore, the surnimtli itgttldl‘ Iiiiim, of .it Lint nine iiiiiidicd "1L",irendcroflfiuckct's Harbor. Thc officer rcmost pro‘i.ibly 130'). They made good their landing,r at lloi'se-lsl'inil. The enemy's liLCL consisted (il'two - plied " No," and the llag; returned. of the regiments of the first brigade, and then renew 1 bayonet. theirfire. , some of which wclc taken prisoners, and are "a! egg; A, , to return, who 'no doubt gave them information that "C intcndcd Kingston. __ ti fist, li‘orsytli's rittemcn, with proper front and flank guards; the regiments of the first brigader With their pieces; then three platoons of reserve; mziJor Eustis's train of artillery; volunteer corps; tuienty lirst l‘t , » . of damn/Jim]? : C'jnlL‘ . {[4A lt'i ,, . i »| ..i ' "I" v.lUntil tlii ""if in ' H il'J'\\‘ 1 w5,, itre : Emit 'ti the Bi'liiili 1 MIL then "a re shot by' th em, While t,‘ With toiiialia persons -. we: put to th e uni e r" co. hllmtt, who it i? Pl‘tt;.'01"3 all ies. l ...i) ll.‘ l, g i N " \ , 0" 'Iafiflay' ni 8th ‘lie ‘ W", Ctiniiiiv, I pint nit-t mm i'_. , .ll'td b." ‘I‘J‘IZLi ' "viiim Nothing, Mosul h,‘ niaunacnilsg :i W itni ‘ ‘ "‘c 'r '1lt." upon Siii H"o 3k men, helo‘ .iili,(al tit) '-c e ,ti alti .rme udss ‘ilnépptll to ma t Uili ILL). .i in; the "m tenth of ind gave the the l l ' folluii'-3ii,flcir |