OENEll A L HISTORY. 



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means to molest or interrupt tlie 

 vessels belonging to neutral powi.:s, 

 bound to any port within the 

 United States, but to render them 

 all the service in their power. 



A large American force under 

 Major-gen. Brown, computed in 

 the British accounts at 6,000 men, 

 crossed the Niagara river on July 

 3rd, and advanced into Canada, 

 having driven m the picquets of 

 Fort Erie, and summoned the 



farrison, which, to the number of 

 70, surrendered prisoners of war. 

 They then proceeded towards the 

 British lines of Chippawa, their 

 attack upon which was anticipated 

 by the sortie of Major-gen. Uiall 

 at the head of about 1,500 regu- 

 lar troops, besides militia and In- 

 dians. This commander made his 

 dispositions in the afternoon of 

 the 5th, for attacking the invaders 

 who had taken a position with 

 their right on the Niagara, strongly 

 supported by artillery, and their 

 left on a wood, with a body of 

 Indians and riflemen in front. In 

 the action which ensued, after the 

 American light troops had been 

 dislodged, the King's regiment was 

 moved to the right, whilst the 

 Royal Scots and 100th regiment 

 were ordered to charge the enemy 

 in front. They advanced with 

 great gallantry through a destruc- 

 tive fire, from which they suffered 

 so severely, (the commanders of 

 each regiment, Lieut.-col. Gor- 

 don, and Lieut.-col. the Marquis 

 of Tweed ale being both wounded) 

 that it was found necessary to 

 withdraw them, and commence a 

 retreat towards Chippawa, which 

 was effected in good order, and 

 without farther loss. That al- 

 ready incurred was however se- 

 rious, amounting iu killed, wound- 



ed, and prisoners, to about a third 

 of the troops engaged. The loss 

 of the Ameiicans was also con- 

 siderable. 



The success of an expedition 

 from Halifax to Passamaquoddy 

 bay, near the mouth of the bay of 

 Fundy, was reported in tiie same 

 month. A party under the com- 

 mand of Lieut, -col. Pilkington, 

 Deputy Adjutant-general, sailed 

 from Halifax on July 5th, and 

 arriving at the place of rendez- 

 vous on the 7th, found there Capt. 

 Sir Thomas Hardy in the Ramil- 

 lies, with transports, liaving on 

 board the 102nd regiment. They 

 immediately proceeded, and oa 

 the 11th, anchored off the town 

 of East-port on Moose-island in 

 Passamaquoddy bay, when a sum- 

 mons was sent to the American 

 officer commanding at Fort Sul- 

 livan, requiring his surrender of 

 the island. On his refusal, pre- 

 parations were made for an attack, 

 the effect of which was an imme- 

 diate capitulation, whereby the 

 garrison laecame prisoners of war, 

 and the island with all the ord- 

 nance, stores, &c. came into the 

 possession of the victors. The 

 island is stated to contain about 

 1,500 inhabitants, and to be highly 

 cultivated. Two other islands 

 were likewise occupied by the ex- 

 pedition, so that the whole bay 

 was subjected to the British flag, 

 and the inhabitants were required 

 to take an oath of allegiance to 

 King George, or quit the spot with 

 their property. 



We had to record, at the con- 

 clusion of the last year's Ameri- 

 can campaign, the threats of a 

 system of reciprocal retaliation, 

 which would have fixed a cha- 

 racter of sanguinary ferocity on 



