illustrious Perry joined him, and became his companion in

arms.

On the 5th of October, General Harrison gained a complete victory over General Proctor, and captured or destroyed his whole army.

Commodore Chauncey at the same time, took and destroyed seven of the British squadron on Lake Ontario.

On the 4th of November, overtures for peace arrived from England, and at the same time General Wilkinson took the command of the northern army, and moved his whole force to Sackets' Harbour, and from thence down the St. Lawrence to Ogdensburg, where be appointed an interview with General Hampton, at St. Regis; but this failed.

Pending these movements General M'Clure evacuated Fort George; set fire to the village of Newark, and retired out of Canada.

General Harrison had followed up his victory, and in proceeding down to join General Wilkinson, had left the whole Niagra frontier exposed to the enemy. He availed himself of this; crossed over and destroyed the village of Buffaloe, with several others, to revenge the destruction of Newark; took Fort Niagara, and put the garrison to the sword.

These movements closed the campaign of the north, and both armies went into winter quarters.

At this time General Jackson took vengeance on the Creek Indians, for their predatory ravages.

Early in the spring of 1813, a British squadron entered the Delaware Bay, under the command of Admiral Beresford, and commenced their depredations on the American sea-board. First upon Lewistown, where they did much damage; they next proceeded to the Chesapeak, where they committed the most savage depredations, and conflagrations. Frenchtown, Havre-De-Grace, Fredericktown,

Georgetown, and Norfolk all felt the ruthless hand of the marauders, and several of these places were wholly destoyed. Admiral Cockburn joined Admiral Beresford, and took the lead in this savage war.

Admiral Warren joined in an unsuccessful attack upon Craney Island. The next day, (June 25th,) the enemy made a descent upon the town of Hampton, and gave it up to indiscriminate plunder, licentiousness, and brutality ;' such brutality as was never alleged against a savage, and such as would make a savage blush.

Pending these operations, three American frigates which had been blockaded in the port of New-York, made their escape through the Sound, and were chased into the port of New-London, where they were blockaded through the remainder of the war.

In the course of the summer Commodore Hardy attempted to bombard Stonington; but the borough was so valiantly defended that they suffered very little damage.

The enemy attempted his ravages upon the coast about the river Penobscot, and took a formal possession, with a strong force, in consequence of which the frigate John Adams was burnt by her own crew to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy.

On the 3d of June, operations recommenced upon the northern frontier. General Izard had now succeeded Gens. Wilkinson and Hampton; and General Brown took the command of the Niagara station. On the 3d of July he commenced operations by crossing over and surprising Fort Erie, which fell an easy conquest, and the next day he advanced to the plains of Chippewa, where he engaged the main British army, and gained a signal victory. The Americans lost 60 killed, and 248 wounded. The British lost 133 killed, and 320 wounded. This victory gave great eclat to the American arms, and diffused a general VOL. III.

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joy throughout the nation. General Brown returned to Queenstown, and from thence to the plains of Chippewa to await the enemy, who was advancing with a strong reinforcement, under General Drummond.

General Brown again met the enemy near Queenstown, and a terrible action ensued, which continued with various success, and desperate valour, until midnight, when the Americans carried the field; but such were the losses sustained that the army retired the next day to Fort Erie, under the command of General Ripley. Generals Brown and Scott having been both wounded in the action.

The loss of the British in this action was 860 killed and wounded, and the American loss about the same. The whole force engaged was about 4000 British, and 3000 Americans. Few actions have been recorded more bloody than this for its numbers engaged.

General Drummond advanced, and invested the Americans in Fort Erie; but finding an obstinate resistance, he attempted to carry the fort by storm on the 15th of August.

Here the scenes of Chippewa and Queenstown were renewed, and a desperate conflict ensued. The enemy were repulsed with great loss.

General Brown had now recovered of his wounds and resumed the command, (September 2d.) Gen. Drummond continued his operations before Erie, strengthened his works, and pushed the siege with vigour. General Brown strengthened his works, and was equally active in his defence.

On the 17th General Brown executed a gallant sortie, by performing a circuitous march, and surprising the enemy upon the flank of his trenches; charged him in column, and carried his works with a dreadful carnage. More than eight hundred men fell on the side of the enemy, and the Americans lost about 300: at the head of these fell General

Ripley, universally lamented. General Drummond raised the siege, and retired to Chippewa.

Pending these operations, General Izard arrived with a reinforcement from Plattsburg, of 400 men, to support the garrison of Erie; but finding the garrison relieved by the retreat of the enemy, he ordered the fort to be demolished, and retired into winter quarters at Buffaloe; which closed the operations of 1814.

Pending these operations in the north, a British squadron under Admiral Cockburn entered the Chesapeak, and proceeded up the Potowmac ; landed a body of troops, which marched to Washington; took the city; burnt the capitol, president's house, &c. and retired, and plundered Alexandria; from thence they proceeded to Baltimore, and after an unsuccessful attack, were compelled to retire with loss.

On the 11th of September, the town of Plattsburg (state of New-York) was assaulted by a land force under the command of Gen. Prevost, and a naval force under the command of Commodore Downie. The town was defended by Gen. Mc Comb, in the absence of Gen. Izard, and the harbour by a squadron under the command of Commodore Macdonough. The merits of this action, so glorious to the American navy, may be seen by the following official report from Commodore Macdonough.

United States' ship Saratoga,

off Plattsburg, Sept. 11th, 1814.

"SIR-The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory on Lake Champlain, in the capture of one frigate, one brig, and two sloops of war.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully,

HON. WM. JONES,

Sir, your most obedient servant.

Secretary of the Navy.

T. MACDONOUGH.

This signal victory obliged Gen. Prevost to retire with a rapid movement; the American troops pursued, and he returned into Canada.

The operations on the lines continued with various success; but nothing decisive.

On the 15th of the the same month, a small British squadron appeared before Fort Bowyer, at Mobile-Point, to co-operate with a land force of 100 marines and 400 Indians, in reducing that fortress; but such was the firmness and spirit of Capt. Lawrence, that with a garrison of 120 men he resisted the repeated attacks of the enemy, and obliged him to retire with loss, and abandon the enterprize.

Gen. Jackson at this time marched to Pensacola, (November 5th.) with a force of about 3000 men, to chastise the English, and Spaniards, who had kindled, and kept alive the war with the Indians. After destroying their forts, and dispersing the British, he returned with his force to Mobile.

The marauders of the Chesapeak retired to Bermuda, where they prepared a formidable armament, and sailed for New-Orleans, with a fleet of sixty sail, besides transports and barges. Gen. Jackson upon the first notice, marched with his brave companions in arms to the defence of the key of the western country. On the 2d of December, he reached New-Orleans, and hastened his preparations to receive the enemy. The citizens, as well as the slaves, united with the troops in the arduous duties of constructing works of defence, and the general participated in all their labours.

On the 12th of December, the fleet of the enemy appeared in the Bay of St. Louis, and the American flotilla retired up the river to a more favourable position. On the 14th, the enemy commenced an attack upon the American gun-boats, and captured the whole.