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A grfst ivaat bM been ftit by -vlslton to • s^t m celebrated In Hlc^ torjr as tbe Battlf Field of Iiiindy** IJaney of t^n Impartial dcMriptlom of tbat great conilletf vrbere tbe Britieb and Amerlean Armle* met in tbe 'vrar of 1814* In coneequenccy tbe Propria t^r of tbe Observatory on tbe spot wbcre tbe battle -w^m ftongbt) in order to fltcilitate tbe ex« planations required by Tisitors) bas tbougbt it desirable to select firom tbe despatcbes of tbe Generals of tbe respceti-ve armiesf tbe report of eaeb to bis Govemment at tbe time* Tbe flrst selection is fkrom tbe Despateb of General DrnmntondyUbe Ciommander of tbe Britisb Amty) and tbe second is ftom tbe Despateb •f Ctencral Browny tbe Commander of tbe An^erlcan Army* 15*:?-l l^ ti •■•i,' 'J «•»¥♦««♦«: ■.•»«3> ff a vU ttit -nii^ 'lf> » ^ ttXTRACT FROM THE DESPATCH OF OENERAt, DEUMMOND. fii Frtm Smithes" Canada, PastfBresentftmdFutmt.^' I amlMuind on board His Majesty's schooner "Sedjf at Xork, on fiandaj eTening, the 24th instant, and reached Niagara at daj-break #e following morning. Finding from lieutenant-Colonel TucJEer, that Amor-'General Bialll was nnderstood to be moving towards the Falli gf Niagara, to siqtport the advance of his division, which he had pushsd o« tr that place, on the proceeding evening, I ordered Lieutenant-^^donal Morrison, with the Eightf-ninth Begiatent, and a detachment of '4ie -Rojrals and King's, drawn from Forts Greorge and Mississaga, to pro- iceed to the same pioint, in left resting on the great road ; my two twenty-four pounder brass field {guns a little advanced in front of the centre on the summit of the hill ; the Glengarry light infantry on the right, the battalion of incorpo- rated Militia, and the detachment of the King's Regiment en the left of the great road ; the squadron of Nineteenth Light Dragoons in the rear of the left, on the road. I had scarcely completed this formation, when the whole front was warmly and closely engaged. The enemy's princi- pal efforts were directed against our left and centre. After repeated attacks, the troops on the left were partially forced back, and the ene- my gained a momentary possession of the road. This gave him, how- ever, no material advantage, as the troops which had been forced back formed in the rear of the Eighty-ninth Regiment, fronting the road and securing the flank. It was during this short interval that Major-Gene- ral. Riall, having received a severe wound, was intercepted as he was passing to the rear by a party of the enemy's cavalry and made prison- er. In the centre, the repeated and determined attacks of the enemy, were met by the Eighty-ninth Regiment, the detachments of the Roy- als and King's, and the light company of the Forty-first Regiment, with the most perfect steadiness and intrepid gallantry, and the enemy was constantly repulsed with very heavy loss. In so determined a manner were these attacks directed against our guns, that our artillerymen were bayoneted in the act of loading, and the muzzles of the enemy's guns were advanced within a few yards of ours. The darkness of the night, during this extraordinary conflict, occasioned several uncommon incidents: our troops having for a moment been pushed back, some of our guns remained for a few minutes in the enemy's hands ; they wefe, fcowtver, not only quickly recovered, but the two pieces, a six-poimdery and a five and a half-iuch howitMr, wbicb the «nemy bad brought up, were captured hy us, together with several tumbriU' ; and in limbering up our guoa, at ode period, one of the enemy's six-pouadera was put bj mistake upoa a limber of ourii, and one of our six-pounders limbered on one of his ; by whieh means the pieces were exchanged ; and thus though we captured two of his gunii, yet as he obtained one of ours^ 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 m bringing up the whole of his remaining fbrce, and he short- ly afterwards renewed his attack, with fresh troops, but was every where repulsed, with equal gallantry and success. About this period the re- mainder of Major-General RialPs division which had been ordered to retire on the advance of the enemy, consisting of the Hundred and Third Kegiment, under Colonel Scott ; the head-quarter division of the Koyal Scots, the head-quarter division of the Eighth, flank companies of the Hundred and Fourth, some detachments of militia, under Lieu- tenant-Colonel Hamilton, Inspecting Field-Officer, joined the troops en- gaged. The enemy^s efibrts to carry the hill were continued until about midnight, when he had suffered so severely from the superior steadiness and discipline of His Majesty's troops, that he gave up the contest, and retreated with great precipitation to his cairip, 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 iire to Street's mills and destroyed the bridge at Chippawa, contin- ued his retreat in great disorder towards Fort Erie. My light troops, cavalry and Indians are detached in pursuit, and to harass his retreat; i mils? «!* ■ ,f»awtm 4ispers« ivliat k* tbQiight w«3 tke T^\mw^ of the British army opposed to bim^ ; . .,, - 1 After, di^pAtcbing Assistant Adjutant-General Joaes tor G^nera^ Itrown^th the, information that the enemy was in front he procqcdg^ tq pass ti>c wopd, just below Forsythe's House. There he was great!/ a^oisbird to %d^ djirectlj in front, drawn up in order of battl^;, Qn Lundy's Lane, a larger force eyen than that he had encountered^^ C^l^ppa^^ twenty days before I The position be was k> was extremely ciil^Qal. To stand fast was out of the .question, being ah-eady under a lieavjr fire of t|ie ejii^my's artillery and musketry^ To retreat w^ ei|i^ly I)i^zardous ; for there is always,, in such a case, the probability of {iQiA^Qyand»a,t this time, the danger of creating a, panic in the reserve, tJb#Q;8uppQ8ed,to be coming npi and which bs^d not be^n in the previous ■, ^oitt flaw tiiat no measure but one of boldness would succeed, lie ilJbiepefoEe dftterniaed to maintain the bait|le against superior numbeif jipd position till iho jreserve «ame up, thus giving General Eialltl^ idea thf^t the- the whole American «j:ny was at band. This would prevent hkn fvoni prc^tinf by his miuerieal. strength to, attaek our flaidcsaiid Ke^. He would thus lose the initial, % matter of no smaU Mnportf^ncft fo ppilitafy ^ntej^pri^s. The schen^e succeeded. For a long time the ^emy wa* Is^t qnthe dei^i^ve, t^l the.4^rin "..;♦ .i-^ncn- ?,• r? ^r!:- ,.j; J^ the xw^nw^tile S(»tt bad,Eent ba&l^ to G«qeral Bro\ya, Lieut4nai)t .0^1^» 9^>^e^ <^ Major Jones, to report the comd^tion of afikirl.r^ tPhe4i? iUJI^e.,^l^,tic^,,it si^lu^acp^ tli& tt£hk^ .o|f «ia/Bn |kj|in^jjiv^9J)^^worl(l,of luturehad bften fend^ed lUustriimv by W> of tl^ji^i^: lan^ .g}(u-i|^us w^k^ of Go^. iSYk^ the .batl^. "ffi* % ib ^st^ tbey fcD upon t)ie ^prity, wMeh edntiiiMIly gbih il^,'1il^' y hU^fArtd yards, between. Scott observing this interval, soon dr^i^red'MMIijiB^ Jesup, sustained by Colonel Brady, to take advantage of it, andj''^liti^ cealed by the boshes and twil^t, to turn the enemy's left.' Hfe other tiattalibns had been before promptly deployed into line, and the iktSttdn jokiedby it (Brady on the right) and Tbvrson's artilleryi Ifte'snill ^taehiaents 4f ^w ' The battle which hud commenced before stinslii '^onftinittd ttfd^ night. Twilight had gone, and it was now nine o'clock. The enMl^ right had been beaten back from its iUink assault with great loai. ^ feft was tamed and out ^. His eentre alon« renttined iim» It' )ioitad OB a ridge, and stqiportiMl by nine ^^fedM of arfiller|'. TMrne battnlKons of Drummond's reinforeements had aM#flrtfi%d tod al6iirth Wis only a few miles behind. Su^-was the Mftlli of fitf Uta/^MMajor-Otneral Btwrii trritM, « iMbiii tdviMkUvPl^ i-'UMV 11 'W(lff9\lM^ iwM oa w^vipig^l ^pvticulari, reported (Q ^,|rf- jIHdmlf ^,4^ dittooh^d |taff--o^r»'nieiiti«ned, «f|t)ai|ied and coii(ifi9- f,f^ t^rliw bj.JtIw Ufn of Scott. . A,t tbispcnat, General Btawn, in Us .<^fScial refioift M^kes up the oarrative; fromhts oii^a personal obserTation. We select a few extracts in continuaQce of the historjr. ^Miter i^ikingof Scott's brigade, and its position in the fintt part of tVv!*' the. IwUler he says — ^''apprehending that these corps were much ex- ,^vptefi, and knowing , tiiat they had suffered severely, I deternui|ied to •int^fioae a new line wkh the a4vancing troops, and thus disengage Grep- ;!fl|^^^kiptjfc,amdhold his brigade in reserve. Orders were ti^c pM a, 141» which gave him great advantages, and was the key tp the nf^epeiitiQil* r It was suj^ortedby a line of infantry. To sequre rlbi-fietoryit was necessary to carry this artillery and sei«e the hoght. :7lu>-49t7 was assigned to Colonel Miller, -sji.l^l^v^^ , ; .ijA .'<:^(ii^)He (Colonel Miller) advanced steadily and gallantly to his ob^«i(t iimA oMiied the height and the cannon. General Rii^ey brought up t^e 834,)Whieb bad^faltered, to his support, and the enemy c^ppeared from - before thcili. * ^ *<* The enemy rallying his forces, and as is. believed, kaving received reinforcements, now attempted to drive us from.onr .•[puMitionandregaiahisartfflery. Our line was unshaken and the ene- r jB^ rifiilsed. Two other attempts^ having the same object, hi^d the aame issue. General Scott was again engaged in repelling the former •f time $ aad the last I taw of lum on the field of .battle, he was near the bead of his column, and giving to its march a direction that would ;b«ve placed him <» the enemy's right ******* Havmg been for ' SMne tive wounded, and being a good deal exhausted by loss of blood, it became my wish to devolve the command on General Scott, and re- ^,laftU9m the field, but, on inquiry, I had the misfortune to learn that 1. It WM disabled by wounds ; I.therefore kept my post, and had the sat- >ll£itctiiOA tp seethe enemy's last effort repulsed.fe@,^j^^^^.y^(|vj45^(tjl^^ jjii<«l%e oiMis of this engf^g^ent was the moment wben the /enemy's battery, wbichifrj^its position commanded the field of ^ actioo^. iru „4l«nmMtby.W, Mth the militia, on tile left. In this c«w ptiisitidn,^ tlie JftnU^tf^ ^e ^ettferally acted on the defensive. The British d^redt»r^c«vltf'il^a gfoand they had lost, and raadie several aasantts. TheMlr^iv ai %ft| n repulsed, but the en«my woifld again rally and ret^ to' ilift dhjiife. •^> lit was in 6ne of these contests G«tieFal Brown had IaM«(Mli'6ftl^. About that time, the latter had twice formed ^maK^^rtiotiis of 'liT'l^U gaild into eoluain, advanced) charged the British Ifoe, ali^ ^ti^lng, )^etced}t,AndeoQipeIIedittofallbaok. Iniilcli« hat^^'UMl Mih lai))etaooa Qoarage, Scott wm neoensarily ^xpoked toall tlteidiiig«fi^f the field. Two horses were killed under him. In the midkl bf thi M- tiOn, he was wounded in the sidev At «li»ven o*olodc iri tiM' taiglrt^ * fte waa disabted by a wound from a musket^bali through tht liffltf: th/tMat. tii^aid^Iiieutenattt Worth, and his brigade-major. Smithy i^tt« lilfeo ^ both 'sevet'oly wounded. '•-• iMj:':^---..;.'.v...u,a:i'':. iv;''ifinj .bhiu 'ii'tjas ^ ' The contest elbsed.by the i»elMtist0ii' itf 'tl»' lleil 6t •^mUUt^i Ute •Atterieani>,and th6 captarid of the enemy^s cminon; ^ ^* "^ The world has seen mightier aimilet move«l of» mirk VMttiitlMa Ileld^,andionow6dbyl0ttderiiote8 of tile fep resounding n«iip0lr #f feiae ; btrt a bloodier scene fbr those engaged, a severer tinal of «6iiN hgte and of discipline, (ff one whosa action was mpi-e closel)^ aiM»«ciMM wfth tile Mblime and, beautiful in natvre, the wortd hab idb iMtt^'^ ^ Tie armies were drawn out near tit