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ed. Our dragoons lost a large number of horses, which the 

 enemy shot, in the battle. 



The objects of the expedition, having been accomplished, the 

 troops returned, by easy marches, to New Lexington, where 

 leaving the wounded, Campbell returned without molestation 

 from the enemy, to Greenville, where he arrived on the even- 

 ing of the 24th of December 1S12. The roads were in as hor- 

 rible a condition as frost, snow, mud and ice could make them, 

 as the weather changed from the time of the commencement 

 to the completion of the expedition. Their horses were almost 

 starved, the soldiers were one and all, more or less frost bitten, 

 so far as their noses, ears and toes were concerned, in the pro- 

 cess. They were badly supplied with provisions and even 

 ammunition was wanting. The expedition returned early in 

 January. 



In this expedition, among the killed, at Monceytown, was 

 the brave Captain Pierce of Zanesville, who fought bravely 

 and fell on the morning of the 18th of December. Lieutenant 

 Waltz was also slain. He belonged to Markley's troop of cav- 

 alry. These officers were deeply lamented, by all who knew 

 them. They had given evidence of capacity, as well as pru- 

 dence and valor. 



This expedition was commenced and carried on during the 

 same time, that Bonaparte, was retreating from Moscow. The 

 weather was so severe in Ohio and Indiana, when our troops 

 were on their return, that they suffered severely. Not toes 

 and ears only, were frost bitten, but the very soles of the sol- 

 diers' feet suffered. Not less than one hundred and eighty 

 men, of this expedition, were thus frost bitten. We had 

 forgotten, inadvertantly, to mention the wounded, they were, 

 captain Trotter, lieutenants, Hedges, Basey and Hickman. 



The object, of this expedition, was to prevent the enemy 

 from having a place of safety, from whence, he could issue, and 

 interrupt the intercourse between our settlements and Fort 

 Wayne, then occupied by our troops. It was to drive him far- 

 ther off on to the St. Joseph's of Michigan, so that he could 

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