way to Four-mile Creek, Dr. Mann, a hospital surgeon of the army, meeting Gen. Dearborn, said to him, "I apprehend you do not intend to embark with the army." The general replied, "I apprehend nothing sir-I go into battle or perish in the attempt." From the first dawn of day, and while the army was embarking, a most tremendous fire of hot shot and shells from Fort Niagara and the newly erected batteries, was opened on Fort George, and continued until the block-houses, barracks and stores were enwrapped in flames, and the guns silenced.

The gallant Colonel (now General) Scott, with a command of eight hundred light troops, composed the advance of the army, followed by Generals Boyd and Winder, and the reserve under Gen. Chandler. Col. Scott immediately made good his landing, under a sheet of fire, while the several regiments in succession formed the order of battle from right to left, in a most soldier-like manner. This landing of the army and escalade of a bank twenty feet high, similar to a parapet, has been considered the handsomest military display on the northern frontier during the war.

General Dearborn, from his great exertions, added to his state of health, was unable to support himself more than fifteen or twenty minutes on his feet at once; but he was frequently up, watching their movements. The troops had all landed, (except the reserve) when Gen. Lewis still remained on board. General Dearborn, exercising his usual delicacy with him, merely suggested to him, whether he ought not to land, and then retired.

Within twenty minutes, General Dearborn again came on deck, and finding Gen. Lewis still on board, repeated his suggestions for him to land; notwithstanding which, Gen. Lewis was not on shore until after the battle. The enemy had now fallen back between the village of Newark and Fort George. After Gen. Lewis had landed, an hour and a half passed away, and four thousand men formed in order of battle, with a fine train of artillery, were seen standing still; while the enemy, not more than twelve hundred, was manœuvering for a retreat. At this moment Gen. Dearborn, in agony at the delay, sent his D. A., Gen. Beebe, to Gen. Lewis, with orders "to move instantly, surround the enemy, and cut them up." Even after this order, it was an hour before Generals Boyd, Chandler and Scott, with all their arguments, could induce Gen. Lewis to advanceand then only to the south side of Newark, three-fourths of a mile from his first position, when the line was again formed, and continued until the enemy had retreated in the rear of Fort George, and took the route to Queenstown Heights. Colonel Scott, however, pursued the retreating broken army without orders three miles, and would not desist in his pursuit until four aids-de-camp of Gen. Lewis had been dispatched to order his return. Late in the day, the ship Madison moved up the river in front of Fort George, where Gen. Dearborn was taken on shore and carried to his quarters, much exhausted.

Meeting with Gen. Lewis, he expressed his disapprobation of his conduct, and ordered him to put the army in pursuit of the enemy at five o'clock the next morning. Instead of which, he did not move until five o'clock in the afternoon. Upon his arrival at Queenstown Heights, he learnt the enemy had made a rapid movement towards the head of Lake Ontario, by the Beaver Dam, and sent back a report to that effect.

Gen. Dearborn having, on his part, neglected nothing to secure the advantage obtained over the enemy-mortified and provoked at the dereliction of duty in any officer, and unwilling that a broken and disconcerted army should escape, sent for Commodore Chauncey and requested him to take part of the army on board his fleet, and proceed with them to the head of the lake, while the remainder would march by the lake road, and thus make certain the capture of the enemy. To this proposition the commodore readily agreed. Orders were in conse. quence sent to Gen. Lewis to return. On the following morning, Chauncey called on the general, and informed him, that on reflection it would be imprudent in him to delay his return to Sackett's Harbor, as it was of the utmost importance that the new ship, Gen. Pike, should be got out on the lake with all possible despatch; while the weak state of that garrison would favor an attack from a much superior force at Kingston, (which before his return actually took place,) and destroy his new ship, and thus give Sir James Yeo the command of the lake. To the correctness of these remarks, and having no command over Com. Chauncey, Gen. Dearborn was obliged to yield. Thus frustrated in his expectation of assistance from the fleet, he ordered Generals Chandler's and Winder's brigades to follow the enemy on the lake road,

while ammunition and provisions were transported in batteaux to the head of the lake. These brigades marched, and having arrived within a few miles of the enemy's camp late in the afternoon, it was thought most prudent to wait and make the attack on the following morning. But the enemy, from their inferiority in numbers, thought it most wise to do all they could ever do before next morning: they attacked these brigades in the night, and carried off Generals Chandler and Winder prisoners. How this happened has never been satisfactorily explained; but the captured Generals have never been accused of too much circumspection on that occasion.

The command now devolved on Col. Burns, who called a council of war: it was determined to send back to Gen. Dearborn (forty miles distant,) inform him of the event, and wait his orders. The express arrived at night. Gen. Dearborn called Generals Lewis, Boyd and Swartwout, and ordered them to set out immediately for the army, and attack the enemy. The two latter Generals were ready to start instantly; but Gen. Lewis observed that it rained and was dark, and did not get in readiness until the next day. The day after these officers departed to join the army, the British fleet hove in sight; approached to take the soundings opposite Fort Niagara, and appeared to be designating a place for landing troops. In consequence of which, General Dearborn recalled the army from Stoney Creek.

Com. Chauncey was confident, when he sailed from

the Niagara, he should be able to get the new ship out by the tenth of June, and that, in the mean time, the British would not dare to come out on the lake. They did appear, however, in a few days after the Commodore's departure, and thereby prevented the operations against the enemy which were contemplated. The roads were such, that it was impossible to transport provisions and supplies for the army by land; while it would have been madness to attempt it in batteaux by water, while the British fleet was on the lake. Thus situated, Gen. Dearborn determined to await the return of the Commodore, repair to Fort George, and be in readiness to move as soon as the fleet arrived. An express arrived from Commodore Chauncey, advising he could not move before the 30th of June.

At this period, Gen. Dearborn's health was reduced so low as to compel him to relinquish the immediate command of the army, and the command, pro tenı, devolved on Gen. Boyd. A few days after, information was received that a party of British, Indians and militia, had established a post sixteen miles from Fort George, from whence were sent plundering parties in every direction, to harass and plunder those inhabitants who were friendly to the United States; and where a depot of provisions had been collected. It was of importance that this post should be broken up; and to put it beyond a doubt, that a plan to effect it should succeed, a select corps was formed of five hundred picked infantry, and a detachment of mounted volunteers, selected because they were acquainted with the country; also a detachment of light