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feet steadiness and intrepid gal- 

 lantry, and the enemy was con- 

 stantly repulsed with very heavy 

 loss. In so determined a manner 

 were these attacks directed against 

 our guns, that our artillerymen 

 were bayoneted by the enemy in 

 the act of loading, and the muzzles 

 of the enemy's guns were ad- 

 vanced within a few yards of our's. 

 The darkness of the night, during 

 this extraordinary conflict, occa- 

 sioned several uncommon inci- 

 dents : our troops having for a 

 moment been pushed back, some 

 of our guns remained for a few 

 minutes in the enemy's hands ; 

 they were, however, not only 

 quickly recovered, but the two 

 pieces, a six-pounder and a five 

 and an half inch howitzer, whi( h 

 the enemy had brought up were 

 captured by us, together with se- 

 veral tumbrils ; and in limbering 

 lip our guns at one period, one of 

 the enemy's six pounders was put, 

 by mistake, upon a limber of our's, 

 and one of our six-pounders lim- 

 bered on one of his : by which 

 means the pieces were exchanged ; 

 and thus, though we captured two 

 of his guns, yet, as he obtained 

 one of our's, we have gained only 

 one gun. 



About nine o'clock {the action 

 having commenced at six) there 

 was a short intermission of firing, 

 during which it appears the enemy 

 was employed in bringing up the 

 whole of his remaining force, and 

 he shortly afterwards renewed his 

 attack with fresh troops, but was 

 every where repulsed with equal 

 gallantry and success. About this 

 period the remainder of Major- 

 General Riall's division, which 

 had been ordered to retire on the 

 advance of the enemy, consisting 



of the 103rd regiment under Col, 

 Scott ; the head-quarter division 

 of the Royal Scots ; the head- 

 quarter division of the 8th or 

 King's; flank companies 104th; 

 some detachments of militia, under 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton, In- 

 specting Field-Officer, joined the 

 troops engaged ; and I placed 

 them in a second line, with the 

 exception of the Royal Scots, and 

 flank companies 104th, with which 

 I prolonged my front line on the 

 right, where I was apprehensive of 

 the enemy's out-flanking me. The 

 enemy's efi"orts to carry the hill 

 were continued until about mid- 

 night, when he had suffered so 

 severely from the superior steadi- 

 ness and discipline of his Majesty's 

 troops that he gave up the con- 

 test, and retreated with great pre- 

 cipitation to his camp beyond the 

 Chippawa. On the following day 

 he abandoned his camp, threw the 

 greatest part of his baggage, camp-, 

 equipage, and provisions into the 

 Rapids ; and having set fire to 

 Street's Mills and destroyed the 

 bridge at Chippawa, continued 

 his retreat in great disorder towards 

 Fort Erie. My light troops, ca- 

 valry, aud Indians, are detached 

 in pursuit, and to harass his re- 

 treat, which I doubt not he will 

 continue until he reaches his own 

 shore. 



The loss sustained by the enemy 

 in this severe action cannot be es- 

 timated at less than fifteen hun- 

 dred men, including several hun- 

 dreds of prisoners left in our 

 hands; his two commanding Ge- 

 nerals, Rrown and Scott, are said 

 to be wounded ; his whole force, 

 which has never been rated at less 

 than five thousand, having been 

 engaged. Enclosed I have the 



