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Was hi notoh, Aug. £0. GEN. BHOWN’S SFCOFU BA T-TLE.General Brovin's: Report of the Battle of the Uttl nv, attf\i falls of Niagafa.Snt, Confined as I was, and j have been, since the last Engagement with the enemy, I fear the the account I ani about to give, ,1iay be legi full and satisfactory,V 9man under other circumstances it might have been made. I particularly fear, that the conduct of the gallant men it wa*^ my good fortune to lead, will not he noticed in a way, due to their fame and the honor of our country.You ae already apprised that the army had on the §5 ult. taken a position a( Chippewa? About noon of that day* Col. Swift, who was posted t L wistown, advised tne by express, that the enemy appeared ^in considerable force in Queenstown, and on i:s heights ; that four of the enemy's fleet had anived during the. preceding night, and were then lying near Foil Niagara, and that a nnrrfber of boats were in view moving up the streight. Within a few minutes after this intelligence had been received, 1 was further inf rmcd by Capt. Dentnon, of he Quar» ier Master's Department, that the enemy waslandi .g at Lewistown, and that our baggage and stores at Scbiosser, and on their way thi. ther, were in danger of immediate capture. It is proper here to men-
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Annapolis Maryland Republican
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Sat, Aug 27, 1814
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