est part of his baggage, camp equipage, and provisions, into the
rapids. He then set fire to Street's Mills, destroyed the bridge at
Chippewa, and, in great disorder, continued his retreat towards Fort
Erie. General Drummond detached his light troops, cavalry, and Indians,
in pursuit, to harass his rear.

The Americans lost, in this fiercely contested struggle, at least 1,500
men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners: among the wounded were the two
generals commanding, Brown and Scott. There were 5,000 Americans
engaged, and only 2,800 British. General Drummond received a musket
ball in the neck, but, concealing the circumstance from his troops, he
remained on the ground until the close of the action. Lieutenant-Colonel
Morrison, of the 89th regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Pearson, Captain
Robinson, of the King's regiment, in command of the militia, and
several other officers were severely wounded. The British loss, in all,
was eight hundred and seventy men, including forty-two made prisoners,
among whom were General Riall and his staff.

The Americans, now under the command of General Ripley, retreated upon
Fort Erie, and intrenched themselves in its neighborhood. Gen'l. Gaines
then assumed the command at Fort Erie, having come from Sackett's
Harbour, in the fleet which was to have co-operated with the army, now
cooped up in Fort Erie and altogether indifferent to such co-operation.
The fleet went back again.

Still following up his successes, General Drummond laid siege to Fort
Erie and the intrenched camp near it, and while he was doing so, three
armed schooners, anchored off the fort, were captured by a body of
marines, who pushed off in boats during the night, under Captain Dobbs,
of the Royal Navy. General Drummond did not simply sit down before Fort
Erie and the entrenchment, he did his best to effect a breach, and with
that view kept up a constant fire from the two 24-pounder field guns
which had proved more than ordinarily useful at the battle of Chippewa.
It was not long indeed before he considered an assault practicable. He
made the necessary preparations, and on the fourteenth, three columns,
one under Colonel Fischer, consisting of the 8th and DeWatteville's
regiment, and the flank companies of the 89th and 100th regiments, with
a detachment of artillery, a second under Colonel Drummond, of the
104th regiment, made up of the flank companies of the 41st and 104th
regiments, with a few seamen and marines, in char