under Gen. Brock, Aug. 16; the U. S. frigate Constitution, of 44 guns, Capt. Hull, captured the British frigate Guerriere, of 38 guns, James Dacres, commander, after an action of 25 minutes, in which the British had 15 killed and 64 wounded, and the Americans 7 killed and 7 wounded, Aug. 19: the Detroit and Caledonia, British armed brigs, cut out from under the walls of Fort Erie, by a detachment of sailors and volunteers commanded by Lieut. Elliot, of the U. S. navy, Oct. 8: battle of Queenstown, in which the U. S. army commanded by Gen. Van Rensselaer of the N. Y. militia, attacked the British, killed their general, (Brock,) and drove them from their entrenchments, but the American militia refusing to cross the river, the enemy renewed the action with large reinforcements and compelled the Americans to resign their conquest and surrender prisoners of war, Oct, 13 the British sloop of war Frolic, of 18 guns, Capt. Wynates, captured by the U. S. sloop of war Wasp, of 16 guns, Capt. Jones, after an action of 43 minutes, in which the Frolic had 30 killed and 50 wounded, and the Wasp killed and 5 wounded. Both vessels were fallen in with, two hours after the action, and captured by the Ponictiers, 74, Oct. 18: a party of British surprised at St. Regis, by Maj. Young, of the N. Y. militia, and 40 prisoners taken Oct. 21 the British frigate Macedonian, John S. Carden, commander, of 38 guns, captured by the U. S. frigate United States, Capt. Decatur, of 44 guns, after an action of 1 hour and 30 minutes, in which the Macedonian had 36 killed and 68 wounded, and the United States 5 killed and 7 wounded, Oct. 25: the U. S. brig Vixen, of 14 guns and 120 men, Geo. W. Reed, commander, captured by the British frigate Southampton, of 32 guns, Sir James Lucas Yeo,

after a chase of 9 hours, and both vessels wrecked 5 days after on the Island of Conception, Dec. 22 : the British frigate Java, of 38 guns, Capt. Lambert, captured by the U. S. frigate Constitution, of 44 guns, Capt. Bainbridge, after an action of 55 minutes, in which the Java had 69 killed and 101 wounded, and the Constitution 9 killed and 25 wounded, Dec. 29.

1813. The U. S. schooner Viper, of 12 guns, Lieut. John D. Henry, captured by the British frigate Narcissus, of 32 guns, Capt. Lumley, after a chase of 5 hours, Jan. 17: battle of Frenchtown, on the river Raisin when Gen. Winchester with 35 officers and 487 non-commissioned officers and privates surrendered prisoners of war to the British and Indians commanded by Col. Proctor, Jan. 11: Chesapeake declared in a state of blockade, Feb. 5: Ogdensburgh captured by the British, and all the public stores removed or destroyed, Feb. 22: the British brig Peacock, of 18 guns, Capt. Peake, captured by the U.S. ship Hornet of 16 guns, Capt. Lawrence, after an action of 15 minutes, in which the Hornet had 1 killed and 2 wounded, 2 burnt by the explosion of a cartridge, and 3 drowned with the prize. From the Peacock were taken 112 prisoners, of which 33 were wounded, and the killed, among which was the captain, sunk with the vessel, Feb. 24: York, the capital of Upper Canada, taken by the Americans under Gen. Dearborn, in which attack Gen. Pike was kil led by the explosion of a magazine, April 27: Havre de Grace (Md.) burnt by the British blockading squadron under Admiral Cockburn, May 3: Fort George and Fort Erie surrendered to the Americans, May 27: the British made a descent upon Sacket's Harbour, and were compelled to re-embark with great loss, by the American militia and a small body

of regulars under the command of Gen. Brown, of the N. Y. militia, May 29: the U. S. frigate Chesapeake of 36 guns, Capt. Lawrence, captured by the British frigate Shannon, of 38 guns, after a desperate and sanguinary conflict of 11 minutes, in which Capt. Lawrence fell, with 67 killed and 104 wounded, and the Shannon 26 killed and 56 wounded, June 1: the British surprise the U. States troops at Forty Mile Creek, make Generals Chandler and Windsor prisoners, but were compelled to retreat with considerable loss, June 6: the town of Sodus, on Lake Ontario, burnt by the British June 6: the British under Cockburn, repulsed in their attack on Craney Island, June 23: the affair at Beaver Dam, when Lieut. Col. Boerstler, with 511 men surrendered prisoners to the British, June 24: Hampton, (V.) taken by the British under Sir Sidney Beckwith, and outrages of the most enormous description committed against the inhabitants, June 25: Hampton (V.) evácuated by the British, July 1: Fort Schlosser, with its garrison (11 men), taken by the British, July 4: affair at Black Rock, in which the British destroyed the barracks, block-houses, &c., July 11: the Ame. ricans under Col. Scott, land at York (U. C.), and burn the barracks, woodyard, &c., July 31: 1300 British and Indians, commanded by Gen. Proctor, defeated in their attack on Fort Stevenson (Lower Sandusky), with great loss, by Maj. Croghan and 160 Americans, Aug. 2: the U. S. schrs. Julia and Growler, part of the Lake Ontario squadron, cut off and captured by the British, Aug. 10; the British repulsed in their attack on St. Michaels (Md.), Aug. 10: Queenstown (Md.) possessed by the British, Aug. 14: the U. S. brig Argus. of 18 guns, Capt. W. H. Allen, captured by the British sloop of war Pelican,

of 18 guns, Captain Maples, after an action of 47 _ minutes, in which the Argus had 6 killed and 17 wounded (the commander mortally), and the Pelican 2 killed and 3 wounded, Aug. 14: the British brig Boxer, of 14 guns, Lieut. Blythe, captured by the U. S. brig Enterprise, of 14 guns, Lieut. Burroughs after an action of 45 minutes, in which both the commanders fell; the Boxer had 40 killed and 17 wounded, and the Enterprise 2 killed and 12 wounded, Sept. 5 battle of Lake Erie, between the British squadron commanded by Capt. Barclay, and the U. S. by Capt. Perry, which, after an action of 3 hours and a half, terminated in the capture of the whole of the British force; the British had 41 killed and 94 wounded, the Americans 27 killed and 96 wounded British force 63 guns-American 54 guns, Sept. 10: rencounter between the Ontario squadrons, in which after a running fight of 6 hours, Sir James L. Yeo escaped by superior sailing, and sheltered himself in St. Peter's Bay, Sept, 11: the British schr. Highflyer, of 5 guns, Lieut. Hutchinson, captured by the U. S. frigate President, Capt. Rogers, Sept. 23: Detroit evacuated by the British after destroying the fort, &c., Sept. 28; second rencounter between the Ontario squadrons, when after a running fight of 3 hours, the British retreat to Burlington bay, ib.: 5 schooners, a sloop, and a gun-boat, part of the British Ontario squadron, fallen in with by Com. Chauncey, of which the five first were captured, with 308 prisoners, and the 2 latter destroyed, Oct. 2: battle of Moravian Town (U. C.), in which the Americans under Gen. Harrison, defeated the British and the Indians under Gen. Proctor, and make 601 men (nearly their whole force) prisoners. The British had 12 regulars and 33 Indians killed and 22 regulars

wounded, Oct. 5; the Georgia and Tennessee militia retaliate on Indians the massacre at Fort Mimms', by attacking the Tallushatche towns, killing 186 warriors, and making 84 women and children prisoners. The Americans had five killed and 41 wounded, Nov. 3: battle of Talladega, in which Gen. Jackson with 2000 Tennessee volunteers, attacks the Creek Indians, and defeats them with a loss of 300 warriors. Ame rican loss 15 killed and 80 wounded. Nov. 9: the American army under Gen. Wilkinson annoyed in their march to Lower Canada, attacked with a detachment of 1600 men, commanded by Gen. Boyd, the British force at Chreslar's Farm, Williamsburgh, and compel them to retire. The Americans had 102 killed and 237 wounded (including Gen. Covington mortally.) The British 22 killed, 131 wounded, and 12 prisoners, Nov. 11: 950 Georgia militia with 350 friendly Indians led by Brig. Gen. Floyd, attack 1500 hostile Creeks at the towns of Autossee and Tallassee, kill 200, including the kings of the two tribes, and burn both the towns, containing together about 400 houses. The Americans had 11 killed and 54 wounded, Nov. 29: the public stores at Cumberland Head on Lake Champlain, burnt by the British, Dec. 2: the N. Y. militia under Gen. M 'Clure, having spiked the cannon and removed the public stores abandoned Fort George and fire the town of Newark, Dec. 10: a general embargo laid by act of Congress, Dec. 17; 1500 British and Indians surprised Fort Niagara, put the garrison (250) men to the sword, massacre the women and children in the neighbourhood, and burn the villages of Lewistown, Youngstown, Manchester, and Tuscarora, Dec. 29: the British land 2000 men at Black Rock, which, after a gallant resistance by a few militia, they burn,