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GEN. BROWN’S SECOND BAT
TLE.
General Broilin'? report of the hfttle of
the 25th uttimoy at the Falls of jfi*
agara, ,
Sir—Confined as I was, and hairs,
been, since the last engagement with
the enemy, 1 fear that the account I
am about to give, may be less full
arid satisfactoryvfhan under other cyr
cumsrances, it might’ have been
made, \ particularly fear, that the
conduct of the gallant men it has been
my good fortune to lead* will not be
noticed in a way due fame Sc
the honor of our country
.Your are already apprised
my had on the 25th ult, taken a p'o*
sition at Chippewa. About noon of
that day colonel Swift, who was post
ed at Lewistown, advised me by ex
press, that the enemy appeared in
considerable force in Queenstown,
and its heights ; .that four of the ene
my’s fleet had arrived during the pro
ceeding night, arid \Vera then laying
near fort Niagara,>nd a number of
boats were in view,* moving up the
straight. VV it kin aTew minutes af
ter this intelligence had been receiv
ed/ I was farther informed by capt.
Denraor., of the quarter de
partment, that the enemy was land
ing at Lewistown, and* that our bag
gage and stores at Schlqsser, and
on their way thither were in danger
olimmediate capture. It is here pra
ter jto mention, That haylhg receiv
ed advices as late as thri 20th from
general Gaines that our fleet was’
then in port, and the commodorijfcick,
s we ceased to look -for co-operation
from that quarter, arid determined to
,ours;lves of baggage,
and march directly for Burlin^tpn
I and to di*aw r from &chfos*
a f i e* St. IK. L
JTHENS> THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 15 1814.
of the- Niagara, and as it appeared
by the before stated information, that ‘
the; enemy was about to avail him- j
self of it, I conceived that the
effectual method of recalling him *
fronp this jrfcjejct, was to put myself j
in motion towards Queenstown. Qfen
eral Scott with the first brigade, Tow
son's artillery j arid all the dragoons
i and mounted men, were accordingly
put in march on the. road leading
chither, with orders tp report if the
enemy appeared, and to call for as
sistance if that was necessary. • Oil
the general’s arrival at the Falls, he
(earned that the enemy were in force:
djlectly in fronts—a narrow piece of
woods alone intercepting his view of
them. Waiting only to give this
jinilrmanon he advanced upon them.
ByUhis time assistant adjutant gen
eral |Jones] had delivered his mes
sage,, the action began, and before,
the remaining part of the division had /
crossed ‘the, Chippewa, it became
close and general between the. ad
vanced corps. Though gen. Ripley
with the second brigade,-major Hind
man with the corps of artillery, and
general Porferi at the head of his
command, had respectively pressed
forward with ardefr, it .was not less
than an hour before (hey were
brought to sustain general Scott, dur- *
ing which t'nrie hiS command .most’
skillfully % and gallantly maintained
the conflict. Upon my arrival I found
that the general had parsed the ;wood
and engaged the enemy oh the
Queenstown road and on the ground
to the left of it,-with tht? 9th, 11th 8c
22d regimens 8c Tow son’s artillery .
1 she 25ih had been thrown to the
right to be governed by circumstan
ces. Apprehending that these corps
were much exnausted, and knowing
that theyhad suffered T de-
Stermined to interposed a hew line
With the advancing troops, and thus
disengage general Scott St holfl his
brigade m reservet Orders were ac.
oordingly given to gen. Ripley.—*
rhe enemy’s artillery at this moment
occupied a hill which gave him great
advantages, and was the key of the
whole position. It was supported
by a, line of infantry. To secure the
victory it was necessary to carry this
artillery and secure the Height. This
fluty was. assigned to Golf Miller,
while to favor its execution, the Ist
regiment under the command of
cploncl ‘Nicholas was directed to, iQe»
nace and amuse the infantry. To
my great mortification this regiment -
rafter a discharge or two gave Way and
retreated sortie distance before it
could be rallied, though : it is believ*
ed the officers of the regiment exerted
themselves to shorten the distance.
In the ■ maan time colonel Miller,
without regard to this occurrence ad
vanced steadily and gallantly to his
object and carried the height and the
cannon. Gen. Ripley brought up the
z3tl*(which had also v faultered ) to
his support and the enemy disap
peared before them. The Ist regi
>meht was now brought into the line
on the left of the 21st and the detach
merits of the 17th and V9th, general
occupying with bis command
*the extreme lefu About the time,
c-olonel Miller carried the enemy’s
cannon. The 24th under Major Jes
sup, was engaged in a more obsti
nate conflict with all that remained
to dispute ‘ with us the field of battle*
The major, as has been already stat
ed, had been ordefeft by gen. Scott, at
the confinencement. of the action, to
take ground to his right. Ho v * suc
ceeded, in turping the enemy’s flank
—had captured (by a detaChmeut
under captain Ketchum J general Ri-‘
all & sundry other oncers, and shew
ed himself again to his own army in
a blaze of firqi, which defeated or de- ‘
stroyed a very superior force of the
enemy. He was ordered to form on
the right of the 2d regU: The enemy
rallyingliis and as it is believ
ed, having received reinforcements,
now attempted to drive us from our
position, and regain his artillery*
Our line was not shaken and’ the,
enemy repulsed. Two other aCt
: tempts having the same object had
the same issue.
General Scott was again engaged
in repelling the former of these ,* and
the last I saw of him on the field o£
battle, he r was lhe head of.his
column, add giving to its raanjh a
direction that woulcfhaveplaced him
on the enemy’*.’ right. It was with
;* greaf pleasure I. saw the good order
arid intrepriditf of general Porter’s
volunteers from the moment of Ifleir
arrivi, thar last charge of
the ‘ensmyWere,
to m
amples set them by thdr gallant
leader, by major Wood of , the Penn
sylvania corps, by colonel ‘'Dobbin of
-New-York* and by their ge
nerally, they precipitated themselves
upon the enemy’s line., and made all
the prisoners which were takeout
thisjroint of the action. il }
,Having been fbr some time woun* ,
ded. and being a goad deal exhaust
ted. by loss’of blood, it ‘became nv
wish to devolve the command Oh
Gen. Scott, and retire from the held ,
but on enquiry, I had the misfortune v
to learn, that he was disabled by
wounds ; I therefore kept rrly post,,*
«ncj had the satisfaction to see the
nemy’s last efforts repulsed. I now
ppnsigned the command to-’ General
Ripley. Lj
While returning from the field, 1
• saw ahd felt that victory was com-*
plete on our part, if proper measures
Were Adopted to secure it. The
exhaustation of the men, was howe
ver speh his iri .de sdme Vefreshment
ne'ceSsary. They particularly re
quited water. T was myself ex
tremely sensibl&of the want of tiiis
necessary article. l y therefore be-?
lieved it prober that Gen. Ripley and
[ the troops, sTJouId return <to c,a;hp.
after bringing off the dead, the woun
ded hnd the artillery ; and in this I
saw no difficulty, as the enemy had
■ entirely-ceased to act. Within an,
hour after my arrival in camp l was
informed that Gen. Ripley iiad re
turned without annoyance and in
good ordery I now sent for him and
after giving him my reasons for the
measures l was about to adoptj or
, dered him to put the troops into
! best possible 1 condition ; to give to
them the necessary refreshlinChts 4 to
[ take with him the pickets and camp
guards, and every description of
force ; to put himself on the field of
battle as the day dawned, and there
to mept and beat the enemy if he a
gain appeared. ? To this he niade no
objection and I relied upon its exe
cution. ‘lt was not executed. I feel
how inadequate are
my powers Jn speaking of ihe troopp,
to do justice-cither to their merits or
to my own sense of them. Under 4-
bler directions they might
more and better. *
From the preceding detail, 1 you
haVe now evidence of the distinguish
en gallantry of Gens, Scott and Por
ter, of Cpl. Miller ancl Major Jes*
sup.
Ofthe Ist brigade, the
his Aid de camp Wdrtb, his Major
of Brigade Smith, and every com
mander of battalion* were woun
ded. ; .
The 2d brigade suffpredless ; but
as a brigade, their conduct Entitled
them to th& applause of their coun
try. After the enemy’s strong pos
lton had been, carried by the 21 st
an‘d the detachments of the 1/th
and 19th, the Ist and 23rd assumed
anew character# They could
again be shaken'or dismayed. Major
M’Farland Pi the latter, fell nobly at
the head of his battalion.
Under the command of Gen. Por
ter* the militia y oluhteefs of Pensyl
vania and New York stood undismay
ed amidst the hottest fire, and repul
sed llie veterans opposed to them.---*
‘i'he Canadian Volunteers, commani
ded by Col. Wilson, are reported
by Gen. having merited
and received his, approbation. -
. The corps of artillery contngtanded
by Majbr HindmaU, behaved’with its
usual . gallantry. Capt. Towson’s
company, attached to the Ist fyigade
was the first and the last engaged,
and during the whole conflict main
tained that M%tl character which
they had previously won by their
skill and their valor, Capt. Biddle f
and Ritchie were both wounded early
in the action, but refused to quit the
field. The latter, declared fnat he
never would leave his>ptece; and,
true to his engagement, fell by its
side, covered with wounds. ‘
The staff’ of the army had its pecu
liar merit and distinction. Cot#
Gardner* Adjutant Gen. though ill,
was on horseback did all iu his
power ; his assistant, Major Jones,
was Very and useful. My
gallant Aids-de«camp, Austin and
Spencer, had many and critical: du
ties to performj in the discharge of
which the latter fell ; I 4 shall ever
think of this young man with pride
and regret ; regret, his career, has
been so short; pride-, if fias been so
noble and distinguished. *TheFngi
neers, Majors M’Ree- ass Wood, .
wore greatly distinguished on tSt&i
day, andtheie high military .Clients’
much under my eye **and near
person, ja.nd to fcj|eir -usShtuncc a.
gre<s deal is fairly to be ascribed, I
most earnestly as
worihy.of the highest trusts and co&fi*
dcnce. The stuff of Gen. Ripley* -
and jpor.er discoyered gloat /tal
and attention to / dut ) y;. Lieut E, Q\ \
■Randolph of.tfre ,£t>tU Regt;’ is ent'K
tied to notice, his courage” was con*
spicubus.
’ } enclose a* return odour /loss;
those noted missing, may gener
ally be numbered wStn ifo; ‘d«-u'i.~
Thu enemy had but little opportusL’
’if of making prisoners. ,
, V I have the hoi*orfoTjfc.*hyScc ?<•;..
■ JACOBS KOiV:<. . ,
ilbn. JOHN ARhISTKONGT
Secretary at VVar : . V ’ %
Total killed, bounded & trussing 6
Inspector General s Ojpce, JHcad-Quar#
t'erSyJLefl IffvLjori'.
, , n Fdr.t Erie, August, 1, 18 j’4.
RfctuVn off ‘the''prisoners of the bn-,
emy taken in the ‘action of the B5iR
U|t fought at the Fails of
the deft division of life Jtl.A
States army.qomiiianded bv Ala].:.;*
Gen. Brown,and i>,be English forces
under tbe codiujand erfot 1 jeuL gen.
Drummoodv x \ * f
; ‘ f'rvsbners—l major GoncfakE V
/Aid do camp-—1 captain
subalterns of the 103a. rtgt.—FfeapC
SVth- regt— Sw captain ‘provpciul
dragoons—2 capts* and two suball
terns* of incorporated mililiakLi cup
-Tam of -i n»ililia—l lie tit. of
engiheers—three subu-ifcins dt royal’
Scotts—-1 subaltern of G lengary corps!
—Quarter masters of %he and
41st i*egt—and 150 rank ancf file.
Recapitulation.
1 Major General,
v l /Aid to Lt. Gen. Drum# l
nrvop and, f
6 Captains, t
11 Subaltenrs,’
150 Rank and file.
Major Gen. Rialß severely
|dd in the arm, - ■
- AZ. QRNE, As*is»t
/• ‘ lnsn’r GeA>
Majj. Gen. Brown.
MAJOR MORGAN’S RETORT^
J'A ■ Fort Erie, Avguty £, IS U.
been stationed wltfv
the Ist battalion of the first regt. o£
Riflemen at Blackcock; on the e yen*
ing of the 2d; Inst. I observed thor
Rrliis,h army moving up thc riyqroii
I'thcr opposite shore, and suspected
they might makeafeint ondort Ena
with an intention pf a real attack or*
the Buffalo© side. 1 immediately
moved! and took a position on the up
per side of.Goniacto creek, arid that,
nigilt threw up a battery of somb .
logs, Which I found on the ground.;
and hLd the bridge torn aw^f.
About two o’clock the next morn,
ing, my picquets from below gave*
the iniormatiorvofUie.landmg of lunc
i boats full of >tloops,; half 4 mile be-
How., ; i immediately got niy men,
; f 240 in
t and patiently waited to euv approach
‘At a quarter past 4, they ad van d,l
: upon, us, and commenced the attack;
’ sending a party bt fore do repair the
bridge, Under cover of : their; fire*,
-When they had got at goody ritfo
distancevt opened l and heavy lire;
Them, whiejh laid a Uuihbcr of them
oit the ground, and compelled the ray
to retire. They then formedm the*
skirt of the wood, and kept up the
fight at long snot continually refjjT
forcing from’ the Canada khore until
they had twentyAwo loads, anil
theh attempted to flank tis, by send*
ing a lage body tip the creek to id*®
it H when 1 detached Lts. iiyan, Bmi Ji
and Armstrong, with about oO hied,
to, oppose left wing, where
they word again repulsed with don
side&ble loss ; after Which, they ..p
--j*eaJp disposed to giveup their do-;
and retreated by throwing six:”
boat of iroopson bquaw Island
which enfiladed the creek, and
vemea me hjrrasan^-, j;
lorn ; d f tUfc,r k| aea a.id
ne.djwiuclfcwe pJiiii.:
sLTi’# 4ll w ~e
SSte 3 ‘si^d w ‘ J e r r *
(lie field. We also collecieu a u/m--
her oi muskets, with tioiumg tuat |
appeared to have been* torn ro bind
their wounds. Wo look. 6 planner#’
who stated the Brdilh for,X,. ... j
io-US to consist rtf f
to Vh % 10
NO, XXXI.