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of that month, having previously 

 dismantled the posts ot" Amherst- 

 burg, and Detroit, and totally de- 

 stroyed the public buildings and 

 stores of every description. That 

 on the 5th of October following, 

 when within a few miles of a strong 

 position, which it was his inten- 

 tion to take up at the Moravian 

 village on the river Thames, he 

 was attacked by so overwhelming 

 a force, under major-general Har- 

 rison, that the small numbers he 

 had with him, consisting of not 

 more than 450 regular troops, were 

 unable to withstand it, and conse- 

 quently compelled to disperse ; 

 that he had afterwards rallied the 

 remains of his division, and retired 

 upon Ancaster, on the Grand river, 

 without being pursued by the ene- 

 my, and where he had collected 

 the scattered remains of his force, 

 amounting to about 200 men, and 

 had with it, subsequently, reach- 

 ed Burlingtor^-heights, the head- 

 quarters of major-general Vincent. 

 Tecumseth, at the head of 1 ,200 

 Indian warriors, accompanied our 

 little army on its retreat from 

 Sandwich, and the prophet, as well 

 as his brother Tecumseth, were of 

 the most essential service, in arrest- 

 ing the further progress of the 

 Americans ; but as to the extent of 

 our loss on this occasion, or the 

 particulars of this diastrous ailair, 

 1 am, as yet, ignorant ; major- 

 general Proctor having signified to 

 major-general De Rottenberg, 

 commanding in the Upper Pro- 

 vinces, that he had sent a flag of 

 iruce to- general Harrison, to as- 

 certain the fate of the officers and 

 soldiers who were missing, and re- 

 questing his indulgence for a few 

 aayg until its return, in order to 

 make his official report. I also 



understand, that the enemy, so far 

 from attempting to improve the 

 advantage they had gained, by pur- 

 suing our troops on their retreat to 

 the Grand river,had retired to Sand- 

 wich, followed by Tecumseth and 

 his warriors, who had much ha- 

 rassed them on their march. Five 

 or six hundred Indians, belonging 

 to the eighth division, are reported 

 to have joined the centre. 



I regret to say, that I am still 

 without any official account of 

 captain Barclay's action on Lake 

 Erie, the result of which has led 

 to our relinquishment of the Michi- 

 gan territory, excepting Michili- 

 mackanac, and our abandonment 

 of the posts in Upper Canada be- 

 yond the Grand river. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



George Prevost. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Monday, October 18. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Doiuning-street, Oct. 18. 

 Captain the earl of March ar- 

 rived this morning with a dispatch 

 from field-marshal the marquis 

 of Wellington, addressed to earl 

 Bathurst, one of his majesty's 

 principal secretaries of state, of 

 which the following is a copy : — 



Lezaca, Oct. 9. 



MyLord ; having deemed it ex- 

 pedient to cross the Bidassoa with 

 the left of the army, I have the 

 pleasure to inform your lordship 

 that that object was effected on 

 the 7th instant. 



Lieutenant-general sir Thomaa 

 Graham directed the 1st and 5th 

 divisions, and the 1st Portuguese 



