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' .4 THE WML r Capture oC .Ydrk.'j ppleiif leturra from Mot General Dear V- born, to lt,c Secretary at War. : Jltad Quarters, York, Crital tfLj per . Canaa,pnI27th, 181 J, 8 o'clock P.M. lit We are In full possession ' of Mhtt place after Jiharp ccnBict,in which trc lost, some ome otrtcers ana soiuiers. General Shorty commanded the -British troops, militia and InAians in per ton Vr shall be prepared to ail for the next obiect of the expedition the Tint favorable wind. . - 4 hm to lament the lots of the brave and acViveBrisadicT General PikeyV 4 I am with the highest respecVlcc. fl. DEARBORN. The Hon. Gen. Jons Armstrong, Secretary of the Navy, YahingtotT. ITeidQuartera, Vork capital of Upper " Canada, April Stfrfc, 1813. "Sik Aficr a detention of some days Xy tycrsewinds, we arrived at this placr yesterday mominp, and at right o'cl-jck coromencx d landing the tropps abu ihieermilet .westward Jrm the tovrn, and one and a half from' the ene crofs work.. The wind high and in an unfavorable direction for the boa s, which prevented the landing of the troops at-n clear fie Id, the scite of the ancient -French fort Tarcnto. It pre vented also m?tly of the armed vessel fiom taking psiiionsjrrhich wuOidhbvt mo'iV cfFtctually cdvcretl our landing but every thing that could be done was effected. The nil nun urdcr Mjjor Forsyih "firsr landrd," tndcr a heavy fire from ITT vc!ins and othi'f troops,' Gen. SheafTe tcoinmande"tI in person. He had collect ed his whole force J n "he woods !nrar the point wnrre the wind compelled our troops to land. His force consisted of scVen '"hundred regulars and militia, and one hundred Indians. Major Forsyih w -s bupror.ed"as"promptly as possible ; but tl.e"c ntest was thjrp and severe for ne rly lulf an hiur.'snd the enetny were repulsed by a number far inferi or lo theirs. As soon" as General Pike hnded with seven or tight hundred men, and the remainder of the troops sere pushing for the shore, tli? enemy retreated to their works. Our troops were novs-formed on the gnurd origi nal) intended Tor their landing, ad- 'vani ed though a thi k' wood, --nd afttT car yhg ore baile y by assuult were rn ng in columns towards the main wik ; wheri wi h:n srxty ro's t f hrss a iiemcr.dcu explosion look place from a tr.'gtrnr prcvi.)usly prepared, and whifh th cw out fUs.h irmcne xjhari titles of si ne as most seriously to in, jure our droops. I have not yet bcc ab'e to collect the tcurns of the" killed 1 afd woti ided ; but our loss will I fear exreed one hundred , and amrng 'hese 'J have o lamen- the loss of that brave and excellent officer Brig. Gen. Ptkc, who received a contusion from a large stone, whifh lcrm;naied his va uuble lifr within k f.w hour. His less will be severely felt. Previ uy to this explosion the tne myhad rci cd la o the tnwr, rxctpt irg a pty -f regul-rs, lo the nurr.b.r ef for'y, whutlid not escape the clTvCt of thr stuck, enn were tks rytd. Gt nrral, SheafTe. movd ofi" with ihe tegular troo,n ; nd left direction;; with the enmman ling m. cr ..f the milriato make the best terras he could. In the rt.rin time all lur.hci rc.stnce on the part uf the enemy ceased, and Ihe 'out lines of a opt ul.tion were agreed on. As soon as I learned that Gen. P;k -hail been wpiin'lcd. I went nn horc. To the GcneraM hid been induced to con Hdc the immediate attack, from a know ledge that ii a his wih an J that ht ftruuJd hive felt moitiCcd had it not been given lo him. , hvcry moiemcnt was under mv view. The troops behaved with great 'firmnes aiwl desrrve much applause, particular ly ibose first engaged, and under cir cumstsnce which would Ise tried the su('lness of vctertns. " Our los in the mounting and ca:ry rng the Hrst battery was not great, pet hps forty or fifiy' killed and wounded, sn- of them a f:i!l pmportion ofollicers. Nowrhstandiog the enemy's advan tsgc In posi'ion and number in the com mcncenicnt of the acti u, !hcir loss .was greucrthsn ours especiilJ) inonccrs. It was wi'h great tXrrtion that the small vessels of the fleet could work In to the harbor aginst a gale of wind, but as soon s they got into a proper posi tonf a trcmcnJjus canttonadc upened upon the enemy'i b itterits and was kept up against thein, uniil thry were car ried or blMrn no, and hid, no doubt a powerful effect upon the enemy. I am under, the greatest obligations to com. Chaunceyjor bis able and inde faiigoWe exeriiorrs in -every possible minner which coulJ give fariltty and ef feet to the-expedition. He is qually csiimible for sound judgment, bavery and industry. The government courd not have, made a more fortunate selec tion. 1 Crrforrin .ttJy' the enemy's armed "sip Princj RttCDtr left this place Tor 'x ' " : - k- V V?"' lfcmlk;;;; Cammmeott , well the interest whichhe full p.osi Inj? the plan oi deharklnp- Tk 1 ' Kingston a few aaya before we. imve. f v From the W1 iion .of the easterri aecuLouiaiana merits being ftt?6 rttfc; I brge ship on the atock; and nearly made -by General .C bS t'- w& ejtdte irtheStatei jrtfefc. der given&s ideSSS linked up, and W natal ttoref.wece ome that the public -tores will . c rcoifettjrceparU- r .d rched-"ffi .et hie to by lue, enemy, won aernc poscU 0ty so. tnar iq.e; culars wbich:enables,ii?to statetheibl- after night fall ; the wd U Z7 UIe Mt : xplbslC thc4Tnaff -dn-. , A corpse- rfadyo re-ernbark- Wxnorrw vid lowinetaU'roiUtaryt move aiWis serene and th mo r.,ble ouaniiif .MWlaryvttorea -ami hmrH ttixecutet other' obiecte.. of - -.7fn T-iatinii tn thai-event. " rt inrA' o .r... shonc wifk provistonS rcroairVhut'no vessels fit fof lie. , -t mWe have not the means of transport. the prisoners, and must of course I leave iccm lhi , . j I hope We shall aa far complete Wba fe nrcessarf) to br done heft, as to bje able to.sall to-morrowfor Niagara, whi herT send this by a smsll vessel, with notice to Gen!l IrWis of oufapproach. I hive hc honor to be, sir, 2fc HENRY DEAUBORK-H Hem. Gen. Johm Armitoxc, , Secretary of Vizr, Washington. - , Copies of letters Irom Comin. Chaukoit, to the Secretary of the'Navy. U A. h'p Mut!ion, ai anchor off York, ' 8 click IK .W. 26th Jp tU 1813. Sia 1 have th sa:i.fjtiitn 101 1 rm you injt ihe American fg is (tying dpon the fort at York. The- town ca p'Hulatedthis afternoon at 4 o'clock. Bngadier Geperal'Pike was killed. 1 have the honor to be, Sec "r ISAAC CHAUNCEY. .Hon. William Jones, ' 'Secretary of the Navy, Washington. U.S. Ship Madison. At anchor oQ' York, 28th Apr J, 1813. . Sir. -Agreeably to ycur instrucuoiks and .arrangements made with Major Gen. Deai born,T took on board, cf the squadron under my command th gen eral and suite, -nd a out 1700 troops, ai d left SackettS Harbor rn the 25.h inst. for this place. We arrived here y. vierday morning and turtk a position about one mile- to the Sc:i:h and West ward of the enemy principal fori, and as near the shore as we could with safe ty to the vessels. The place fi.ned up n by the m jor-gcieral and inyscif for landing the Uoops was the s. ite of the old French Fort T-aranta The debiikatlon commenced about eight o'clock a m- and was completed a lout 10. The wind blowing bravy from th- Lstwaid. the boats ft. II to lee ward of he pnsi'ion fixed upon and were in cot. sequence fxp'sed 10 a gall ing fire from the enemy, who had laktn i iMHiion in a thick wood near where ihe "first troops landed ; however, lh co-l intrepidity of the ' ftktrs and men, overcome every obstacle. Their attack upon the enemy was so vigorous thai he Aid in every ieciio!i, leaving ? great many ot his killed and woundeo' upon the field. As son s the tnops were landed I dirccic I the schooners to lake a position near the forts in w that the st ack upon ihem by the army .uid navy might be simultaneous. Tne sch .oners were cbligc4 y beat up lo their position, which they "did in a vrry handsome order under a very heay fire from the enemy batteries nrd took a position wi hin about six hundred yaids of iheir principal fort and opened a he -vy cannonade upon the enemy, which did grot exec u ion and very much cn fibutcd to their final destruction. The troops as soon as landed wtre formed unicr the immediate orders cf Uri . General P.ke, who led in a msi gallant manner, 'he att ck upon th forts, and afitr having carried two redouots in heU approach to the principal work (IV 'enemy having; previously laid -tr-tr) blew up his mag zioi , whi h i' i s eflects upon our troops was dreadful havi g kdlcd and wounded a great mv ny and amongst thef rmer, the ever to c lamented Brig dier General Pike, who fell at the head of hts column by a ontusion received by a heavy stone from the magazine. His death at this time is much to be regretted, as he had the pcifecl confidence of the Mj Gen eral ; and h s known activity, zeal and experience makchis loss a national one. In consequence of the all of Gen eral -Pc, the -command 6f the troops devolved for a time upon Colonel Pierce, who soon alter took posses sion of the town. At about tvo p m the American flag was substituted for the British, and at about 4, our troops were in quiet possession of the town. As soon as Gen. Dearborn learnt the situation of Gen. Pike he landed and assumed the command.- I have the honour of inclosing a copy of the cops tulation which wzi entered into, and approved by General Dearborn and myself. The enemy set fire to some of his principal stores, containing large quan tities of naval and military stores, as well as a large ship upon the storks nearly finished the only vessc' found here is the Duke of Gloucester under Joing repair -the Prince Regent left here on the 24th lor Kingston. We Ka?e hot yet had a return nude of the naval and military stores, con-1 sequent! y can form no correct idea of the quantity, but have madearrange ments to have all taken on board that we can receive, the rest will be des'- troyed. lhave to rerrret thesdeth of mid. shipmen Thomporand Hatfieldand seyeralscamen killed the exacinim. ber I do not know, as the returns irom the different vessels hare been received. . ' riroceed u rtot- fair winrl. I canaot' sneak in too much praise, of the ciol intrepicxty of the 6fficert and men crenerallvvuricr my com: mand, and I fee) mpelCpartic'ularl indebted' tothe officers commanding vessels for their zeal in' seconding-all . w v..-. ' ' Verv resnectfiillv. Sir." 4 J Yourmoit obdt. sen?t. . ISA Aq, CHAUNCEY. Oori. William Jdnss, ';t ' Secretary of the Navy, Washington. 7 , Termi of Ophulation. entered into on .the 27th Aoiil. one thousand eight bundred and thirteen, for the surrender of the town of York, in Upper Canada, to the army ana . navy of the United States under the com mand of Major Gen. Dearborn and Com. Cr.auncey : That the troops, regular and milir tia at this post, and the naval officers and seamen, sha'U be surrendered pH soners of war. The troops, regular and militia, to gr und their arms im mediately on parade, and the naval officers and seamen be "fin mediately surrendered,, That all public stores, naval and military, sha 1 be immediately given up to the commanding officers of the armvandnavy of the United States thit' ail, private property shall be gu iranteeVito the citizens of the town of York. That all papers- belonging to the ci vil officers shall be retained by them that'such surgeons as may be pro cured to attend the wounded of the British regulars and Canadian militia shall not be considered nrisoners of war. That one lieutenant colonel, one major, thirteen captains, nine lieu- tenants, eleven ensigns, one quarter master, one deputy adjutant general of the militia, namely Lt. Col. Chewitt Lieuts. Jno. fl. Shults Major Allen George Kink Capt. John Willson Darnet Vanderburch John Huti on . Robert Stanton I'cter Uobinson George Uidout - Iteubcn Richardson Wm. Jams J hn Arnold Edward M'Mahon James Fcnwick John:Villson James Mustard Ely Playter Duncan Cameron Ensigns And. Thompson David Thomson Alfred Serially John Roin son Donald M 'Arthur Samuel Ridout William Smith Thomas Hamilton Andrew Mercer John Burn William Jarvie Qiurter-Mastsr, Charles Baynes James Chewett George Kink . Edward Thompson . . Charles Denison George Denison Darcev Doulton Nineteen Serjeants, four corporals and two hundred and four rank and file. Of the Field Train Drpar't, Wm. Dunbar or the Provincial Navy, Capt. Frs. Gdve' reaux. . Midshipmen Lieutenant Green John Ridout -Clerk, J. Langsdon Louis Baupre One lioatswain Fifteen Naval Artificers Ot his Majesty's Regular troops, Lieut. De KoTen . One Serjeant Major And of the Royal Artillery, -one bombardier and three gunners, shall be surrendered as prisoners of war and accounted for in the exchange of prisoners between the United otaies and Great Britain. Signed G. S. MITCHELL, Lieutenant Colonel 3d A. U. S. SAMUEL S. CONNER, Maj. & A. D. C. to Maj. Gen. Dearborn. WILLIAM KING, Major 15th U. States Infantry. JESE D. ELLIOT, Lieutenant United States' Navy. W. CM IE WITT, Lt Col. comdg. 3d Rejr. York Militia. W. ALLAN. Major 3d Regiment York Militia F. GAURRAU, Lieutenant M. Dpr ooo Possession iaken of Mobile. PROCLAMATION Issued by General Wilkinson on the debark ation ot the troOps at l'Ance Mouville. To the Inhabitant of f7ie Town of MOBILE. Be not alarmed by appearances, but rest tranquil within vour dwellings, and take no fart in the scenes which may ensue the display of the American standard in your vicinity. I visit you under the order of the President, to enforce the laws of the United States and give effect to the ci vil institutions of the Mississippi Ter ritory. . . The public faith is pledged for the protection of your persons and property,; and those which may be disposed to re tire 1 rom the place or from the coun try, will be permitjed to depart. in safe ty, with their goods and chattels. ! Done at Camp near the town of Mo bile, April the twelfth, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirteen. V" . v-r TA run rivervxr from the 'Mobile Gazette. The eyes or the nation will be di verted aa moment, from the horrors of way which desolate . our northern bor ders, to enjoy the glad prospect ivhicb present taelf ia the sotuh. Rowing ments in , tiOhiers for taking possession wer6i feceiveu by Majortjenerai James vvu Vinson at Heaa-QuarteTabout the fijst of last 'mopthl 4t ase- Chat The only ganger which could .axtend the ef fectuatidn'Of the bbject; Would farlse from the comroimication of information to the enemy whirjight be'hoyering off the coast, or to the Spaoianfat Pen sacola: secrecy aheeleuy.rhere' fore the necessary Characteristics of the movements.. .$Jjr&'' ' .. ' . The generai4:'ha6iUct ' troops, and prepare the ,fnalevilsj for the ex pedition . He Ordered a bauahon of the Sd Regt. Irom the Englisli urn, to t.he assCmisian, under -tfie ire tence'ofjjfeserving the health - of ihe troops ;''n$he; ordered from N. Or lelfns'a cottipagy of Artillery and a bat talion from the 2d Regt. to the Petite CoquilleV as if to assist in building the works in hartd at that place. These movements were completed about the 26th of last month ; and on the 27th the General pquired of Commodore Shaw to send a squadron of gun-boats to take possession of the bay. and cut off all communication , with Pensacola. Leut. Cdl. Bowyer, then stationed near Fort Stoddert, with a respectable force, had been previously ordered to be in readiness to 'march oh a days notice. The General left New-Orleans on the 29th, crrtbarked on board the schr. Alligator, and pushed out of the Bay ou St. John, into lake Ponchartra'in, on the evepingf the same day i the next morning it fell calm, and to expe dite the rendezvous of the troops at the Pass Christian, he got on board a barge which upset in fifteen feet water oppo site the Petite Bais (near where he had been wrecked in November lust,),and be lay on the keel of the boat some time without a hope of deliverance, for tho' several vessels passed, none discovered his forlorn' situation ; at length the wreck was erried by a party of Spanish fishermen, from the shore, who came to the relief oi the half drowned party, and helped to tow the boat to shore, wjiere she was righted fit-cleaned Sc the General at sunsetagain embanked and got to the Petite Coquille about mid night, having made a traverse of three leagues across an arm of the lake. H he troops here destined for the enterrize, were mustered the next duy, anrem- barked for the general rendezvous the 1st of April, under the convoy ol gun boat No. 27, which running aground in the Regultts, then almost sunset, the General ordered the transports to make the best of their way to their destination he followed the next morning, and in the evening run on shore on Grand Isle. He then left the eun boat, got on board a shallop, and reached the -Pass at night" fall, having received wb shot tiom gun boat No 22, as he passed the bay of St. Louts, one of vhich went between the roasts. , The nextinorning the 3d, an express wadisputched to order Lieut Colonel Bowyer to fail down the Mobile river, and occupy tho bank on the opposite side of the bay, finding at the same time that Commodore Shawns orders hafdtnot reached the gun boats first intended for the blockade, (they having been previ ously ordered by Lieut. Bainbridge to his relief at the mouth of the Mississip pt 'where he was aground) the general pushed forward the armed boat Alliga tor into the bay, Under the command of Mr Shepherd, with a sergeaiitf corpo ral and twelve men. On the 4th com. Shaw reached the Pass, and the next day dispatched Lieut. Roney in a gun boat to enter the bay. Every thing be ing arranged, and completely equipped, with thirty scaling ladders, the troops embarked on the 7th, the wind ahead, on the 8th at night under a little shift of wind the transports beat out of the Pass of Christian, and contending with adverse winds reached the Pass of Her ron, on the evening of the 10th. A par ty under CaptaittAtkinson was dispatch ed to bring off a Spanish guard and" the next morning, the Spanish corpora' and ! six men embarked on board a schooner bound for Pensacola. Three of the transports were behind at ten o'clock ; the general determined, nevertheless, to push forward, and accordingly the transports were piloted through, the ve ry narrow pass, several of thenrground ing for a short jUme. Com. Shaw had left the flotilla and passed out to sea, the evening before, between the islands La Corne and Petit Bois; he was now seen cruizing in the bay, with a number of vessels brought to under the Alligator and Lieut. Honey's boat, among them a transport, with, a Lieut of artillery and a party of troops, provisions and, other articles destined to Fort Charlotte. In j the mean time, Lieut; Col.;fBowyer, ! with great diligence, had descended the Tensaw and pitched his camp opposite the down with five' pieces of brass ord nance. ft J' J. Our flotilla after getting into the bajr, cast anchor, and. the general and the Commodore had a conierence respect- i It is proper to remark that the ladders made at Past Christian were as exactly fitted to lb. Service intended, as if the walls of tne fort had been measured by 4 rale., ; . 1 and the troops were on shore an,f?'Ucd ea oeicre two o'clock, ' 'wn which followed was th ... :1T JheCpmmannthadoftg approach. . 6Wall . 1 The next day about noon. s;x hn a 1 men,advanced in column, and ook t in front ot the Fort in a wood, m the mean lime Major H T? Pierre, an aid de camp of the ! General' bore a summons to the Ctmmandam4 demanding the evacuation of the place! which was delivered up on the l5t ani the stripes and stats took the place of the insignia of despotism, under the dis charge of cannon, to the unspeakable joy ofevery American, and every friend to human rights. Let uST enjoy the rich blessing in! such a manner, as to prove to the world, we mer'it it ; let uVlook to the mildness -the bene ficerice and justice of our go' veromentr and let kindness, beneYo lence ,forbearahce!apd charity, succeed tyranny, cruelty, injustice persecution - We learn that Col. Carson, to whom was asignea me amy or reconnoitering the Easterly frontier of Florida, arrived at Peidido river on the 17th inst. on the western bank of which he found a Spa njsh post occupied hy a Serjeant and sfeven men. lie caused therh to take. a hasty leave pthe territory of the TJ. Siates ; they moved towards Pensacola! ajor. General Wilkinson and; Com. modbre Shw reached town on Sunday fnorning from -the Capes, where the Uiad been on a feconnoijLering ! party, witn auvtew to me defence ot the coun try.They brought in company," the Spanish schooner San Pedro, Captain Dupayre, nine days from Jamaica. Oa Saturday forenoon this vessel was dis. coveted standing into the Bay, but soon aPerjwas observed to haul her wind and stlnd to the Eastward. Comm. Shaw immediately dispatched Captains Alexia a d Jones in two armed cutters to pur. jsue and examine her, which service ws performed with the characteristio , promptitude of our navy, by these gal lant officers, whonnding the vessel with, -ut a clearance, and laden with British manufactures, ordered her in for adju dication. 'if: t FORT, MEIGS., I l' .'- . cChilicothe, 4th May, ISIS 'DEAR SIR, r ni The event which I informed yon was apprehended has happened. Fort, Meigd is besieged by the enemy ! Ao express lias this moment (7 o'clock rV M.) arrived from, the rapids, bearing dispatches from Governor Meigs to Gen. Mc Arthur. The Governor is on his way to Sandusky, with a reinforce- ment to the garrison there, and was met by the express, to whom he had been sent by Gen. Harrison, with the information that the enemy had besieg-, ed fort Meigs and requiring reinforce ments, to be mounted and marched with all possible dispatch to the relief of the fort. A detachment of fifteen hundred men from Kentucky aTe said to be at Portage river, unable to proceed on ac count of the besiegers. When the ex press left fort Meigs, (Friday 30th ult.) ' the cannonading had lasted 22 hours fc the fire of the, enemy had been partially silenced. No 'mention is made of any loss on our side, nor any supposition of the loss of the enemy. Gov. Meigs has instructed Geneials M'Arthur k Qass, uprn the requisition of Gen'I Harrison, to march instantly all the recruits who. have been raised and all the men who can be . procured (all to be mounted) I proceed with all possible dispatch loth relief of Harrison- hile I am writing, the drums are beating along the streets for volunteers, and Secretary McLane is busied in hur rying off expresses to different parts ti the country for the same purpose- . Delaware, f O.J May 3, 1813. Sin By the return of an express, from this to Upper Sandusky, it u as certained that Fct Meigs is besieged.. . General Harrison has sent to Fort rm ley, to sink a boat loaded with cannon ball, and not have any Mail attempt to pass. - The British and Indians, &c. to. J commuted 'aty 3000.- I understand tM General Clay and the Kentucky troops had not arrived when the bombardrnen Commenced on the 30th uit- x r returned from Norton, and I amwrnns out mounted volunteers in every cow . guous direcdon to rendezvous - . place' and Norton immediately. . respect to the a"ovancing of the -year's troops, raising under yj . General Cass's superintendance, f? will dispose of ihem as you UU best.- Forage and provisions can be nisneu at Wis, nam.,w; : nrttju. States.. Ob thisoccaSKn, y0u - ov c;r-i i -rt vf.ur aumoi" t 'a encVto, bring or send all he in Mv obiectisio acrr; liJbll VUU www. f - ,':rr; II to fofce.throughlto Fort M'", io lorcc .uuuugu secure UJ nuonc siofc t . :.- from relieve the fronder inhabitants ; nanic which has seized thern. Gen. M'Arthar is absent, is directed to raise the rn en jOS- Qenetal M'Anhmv
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