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A

FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT

OF THE

MILITARY OCCURRENCES

OF

THE LATE WAR

BETWEEN

GREAT BRITAIN

AND

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

AUTHOR OF

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

AND

PLATES.

BY WILLIAM JAMES,

A FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE CHIEF
NAVAL OCCURRENCES, &c."

Alterum alterius auxilio eget.

SALLUST.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

London:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR:

AND SOLD BY BLACK, KINGSBURY, PARBURY, AND ALLEN, LEADENHALL-STREET;
JAMES M. RICHARDSON, CORNHILL; JOHN BOOTH, DUKE-STREET,
PORTLAND-PLACE; AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

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MILITARY OCCURRENCES,

&c. &c.

CHAPTER XI.

British force on the Niagara in October, 1813Attack upon the piquets-Effects of the surrender of the right division-Major-general Vincent's retreat to Burlington His orders from the

commander-in-chief to retire upon KingstonFortunate contravention of those orders-General Harrison's arrival at, and departure from FortGeorge Association of some Upper Canada militia after being disembodied—Their gallant * attack upon, and capture of, a band of plundering traitors-General M'Clure's shameful conduct towards the Canadian inhabitants-Colonel Murray's gallant behaviour-Its effect upon general McClure-A Canadian winter-Nightconflagration of Newark by the AmericansMcClure's abandonment of Fort-George, and Alight across the river-Arrival of lieutenantgeneral Drummond-Assault upon, and capture of Fort-Niagara - Canadian prisoners found there - Retaliatory destruction of Lewistoron,

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