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which was surrendered without 

 resistance ; and a Brigadier Gene- 

 ral with fi number ol' others deli- 

 vered themselves up as prisoners, 

 and were admitted to parole. — 

 Twenty-two pieces of cannon were 

 taken in these actions, iti which 

 the loss was very trifling. After 

 this success on the Penobscot, the 

 Only remaining fortified post of the 

 Americans betwi^en that river and 

 Passamaq noddy bay being that of 

 Machias, Lieutenant Colonel Pil- 

 kington was sent to reduce it, as- 

 sisted by a naval force under Cap- 

 tain Hyde Parker. This was ef- 

 fected without any loss on Sept. 

 II, and a capitulation was entered 

 into, by which the whole brigade 

 of the county of Washington en- 

 gaged not to bear arms against 

 his Britannic Majesty during the 

 present war. On their return to 

 Halifax, General Sherbrooke and 

 Admiral Griffith issued a procla- 

 mation, declaring that they had 

 taken formal possession, for his 

 Majesty, of all the eastern side of 

 the Penobscot river, and all the 

 country lying between it and the 

 boundary-line of New Brunswick, 

 including all the islands near and 

 contiguous to the shores thereof ; 

 and establishing a provisional Go- 

 yernment for the same. 



In correspondence with the vi- 

 gorous measures adopted at this 

 period for the prosecution of the 

 war in other parts of the United 

 States, the Governor General of 

 Canada, Sir G. Prevost, assembled 

 all the disposable force in the low- 

 er province of that country, and 

 6n September 1st entered the State 

 of New York, and occupied the 

 vi4l'age of Cham plain, near the 

 rake of that name. His force was 

 estimated at 14 or 15,000 men, 



among whom were a number of 

 veterans who Ii.id served in Lord 

 Wellington's arnly ; and the com- 

 riiander and appointmeiUs were 

 such as to give s^anguine hopes of 

 success. His first 0|>erations were 

 directed against Prattsburgh, a for- 

 tified place on Lake Champlain, 

 which was ijarrisoned bv the Anle- 

 rican Brigadier General Macomb, 

 with about 1,500 efitctive men of 

 different descri[)tioiis, 'I'lie British 

 army advanced bj' slow marches, 

 gallantly surmounting every ob- 

 stacle thrown in its way by the 

 enemy, and on the Gth had arrived 

 within a mile of Plattsburgh. The 

 following days were occn[jied in 

 bringing up the battering train, 

 and making approaches ; and it 

 was planned that the attack should 

 be supported by the co-operation 

 of the British naval force on Lake 

 Champlain, consisting of a frigate, 

 a brig, two sloops of war, and some 

 g^un-boats, under the command of 

 Captain Downie. On the morn- 

 ing of the 11th this flotilla appear- 

 ed in sight of Plattsburgh, and 

 bearing down, engaged at anchor 

 in the bay off the town ; at the 

 same time the land batteries were 

 opened against the fort, and threw 

 in a continued shower of balls and 

 bombs. The British flotilla was 

 opposed by the American Com- 

 modore M'Donough, with a force 

 nearly equal, and the conflict was 

 fierce and bloody. Capt. Downie 

 was unfortunately killed at the 

 very beginning of the engagement, 

 and the rudder of his ship being- 

 disabled, and the brig, commanded 

 by Capt. Pring, becoming quite 

 unmanageable, both vessels were 

 left almost at the mercy of the 

 enemy. The result, after an ac- 

 tion of two hours, was the capture 



