together with the neighbouring village of Buffalo, Dec. 30.

1814. Trial of Gen. Hull, commenced at Albany, Jan. 3 the Bramble sails for England, Jan. 11: Gen. Claiborne defeats the Indians at Ecchenachaca (holy ground) and burns their town, Jan. 23: the-Indians attack Gen. Floyd in his encampment, 48 miles west of Chatahouchee, and are repulsed with great loss. The Americans had 22 killed and 157 wounded, Jan. 27: the U. S. schooner Alligator, attacked by 6 British barges, after an action of 30 minutes, obliges them to retire, Jan. 29; Messrs. Clay and Russell, sail from New York in the U. S. frigate John Adams, for Gottenburgh, Feb. 25: Lieut Col. Butler with 160 Americans, defeats 240 British at Eighteen Mile Creek, on the river de French, March 4: Gen. Hull found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to be shot, March 28: the U. S. frigate Essex 32 guns and 255 men, Capt. Porter, attacked in the bay of Valparaiso by the British frigate Phoebe, of 36 guns and 320 men, Capt. Hillyer, and the sloop of war Cherub, 28 guns and 180 men, Capt. Tucker, and captured after a desperate resistance of 2 hours and a hail, in which 58 of his men were killed, 63 wounded, and 31 missing, March 28: attack at la Cole Mills, by Gen. Wilkinson, who after 3 hours fighting and losing many men in killed and wounded, retires with the army to Odletown, March 30: the U. S. sloop of war Frolic, of 18 guns, Capt. Joseph Bainbridge, captured off the Matanzas after a chase of 6 hours by the British frigate Orpheus of 36 guns, Capt. Pigot, and the schr. Shelburne, Lieut. Hope, April 21 the president approves the sentence of the court-martial upon Gen. Hull, but remits the punishment of death, April 25: blockade of the whole

American coast proclaimed of by Admiral Cochrane, April 25 the British sloop of war L'Epervier, of 18 guns, Capt. Wales, captured by the U. S. sloop of war Peacock, of 18 guns, Capt. Warrington, after an action of 42 minutes, in which the L'Epervier had 8 killed and 15 wounded, and the Peacock only two wounded, April 29: capture of fort Oswego, by 1800 British, after a gallant resistance of 2 days, by 300 men under Lieut. Col. Mitchell. British 19 killed and 75 wounded. American 6 killed, 38 wounded, and 26 missing, May 6; the British Champlain squadron beaten off by the battery at Otter Creek, May 14: two gun-boats and five barges, with 175 British, captured at Sandy Creek (L. C.) by Maj. Appling, with 120 riflemen and a few Indians. British had 14 killed and 28 wounded, Americans, 1 wounded, May 30.; the Independence 74, launched at Boston, June 22: the British sloop of war Reindeer of 18 guns, Capt. Manners, captured by the U. S. sloop of war Wasp, Capt. Blakely, after an action of 19 minutes, in which the Reindeer had 25 killed and 42 wounded, the Wasp 5 killed and 21 wounded, June 28; fort Erie with its garrison of 137 men, surrendered without resistance to Maj. Gen. Brown, July 3: battle of Chippewa, in which Gen. Brown defeats the British under Gen. Riall, and forces him to retreat to fort George: the Americans had 60 killed, 229 wounded, and 19 missing the British 148 killed 320 wounded and 46 missing, July 5: Eastport on Moose Island, taken by the British, July 11: battle of Niagara Falls (Bridgewater,) in which Gen. Brown attacked the British under Gen. Drummond, and after a desperate and sanguinary engagement, which lasted from five o'clock, P. M. till midnight, drove him from all his positions, stormed his batteries, carried his artillery, and

alter keeping possession of the field for 3 hours, retired to camp without interruption; the Americans had 171 killed, 572 wounded, including Generals Brown and Scott, and 117 missing: the British admit 84 killed, 559 wounded, 193 missing, and 43 prisoners: among the wounded were Gens. Drummond and Riall, and the latter made prisoner, July 25; Lord Gambier, Henry Goulbourn, and William Adams, appointed by the British government commissioners, to treat at Ghent, July 30; treaty with the Creek Indians concluded by Gen. Jackson, Aug. 9: Stonnington, Con., attacked by a razee, frigate, sloop of war, and bomb brig, but being gallantly defended by the militia with two 18 pounders, the enemy is compelled to retire, Aug. 9: the British squadron reinforced by a 74, renew the bombardment at Stonnington, and are again beaten off, Aug. 11: U. S. schooners Somers, 2, and Porcupine, 1 gun, part of the Ontario squadron, captured by the British, who had 2 killed and 4 wounded, the Americans 1 killed and 7 wounded, Aug. 12: Sir Peter Parker with 124 sailors and marines from the Menelaus frigate, defeated at Bellair, Vt. by a party of militia, with a loss of their commander and 13 men killed and 27 wounded, Aug. 30: the British sloop of war Avon, of 18 guns, Capt. Arbuthnot, sunk by the U. S. sloop of war Wasp, of 18 guns, Capt. Blakely, after an action of 46 minutes, in which the Avon had 9 killed and 33 wounded, and the Wasp 2 killed, and 1 wounded, Sept. 1: the Champlain British squadron, under Commodore Downie, attacked the Americans' under Commodore M'Donough, in the harbour of Plattsburgh, and after a sanguinary conflict of 2 hours are (except the gallies) all captured; the Americans -had 52 killed and 58 wounded, the British 84 killed

and 110 wounded; among the former Capt. Downie: American force 86 guns. British force 95 guns, Sept. 11: Sir George Provost with 14,000 men repuled in an assault upon the forts at Plattsburgh, by Gen. Macomb, with 1500 regular and about 3000 militia, retreats under cover of the night, leaving his sick and wounded to the mercy of his opponents, and destroying stores and provisions to a large amount, Sep. 11; battle of Baltimore, in which 5000 British, led hy Gen. Ross, are repulsed by the Americans, chiefly militia, with a loss of 46 killed (including Gen. Ross,) and 295 wounded; the Americans had 40 killed, 200 wounded, and 49 prisoners, Sept. 12; Sortie of Fort Erie, in which Gen. Brown attacks the British camp, destroys their batteries, and makes 385 prisoners, with a loss of 79 killed, and 216 missing, Sept. 17; battle of Black Creek, U. C., between the Americans under Gen. Bissell, and 1100 British under the Marquis of Tweedale, in which the latter were defeated and driven into their intrenchments, Oct. 19; Gen. Izaard having first destroyed Fort Erie, retires with the American army from Upper Canada, Nov. 4; Gen. Jackson having entered Pensacola with 5000 American militia, the British destroy the forticafition commanding the harbour, and retire to their shipping Nov. 7; the British having made a landing in Louisiana, are attacked by Gen. Jackson in their camp before New Orleans: American loss 24 killed, 115 wounded, and 74 prisoners, Dec. 23; Treaty of peace concluded at Ghent, between the United States and Great Britain Dec. 24; Treaty of Ghent ratified by Great Britain, Dec. 27.

1815. The British renew their attack upon Gen. Jackson, but are again repulsed; American loss 11 killed 23 wounded, Jan. 1; Grand Battle of New

Orleans, in which 12,000 British, commanded by Sir Edward Packenham, storm the American entrenchments, defended chiefly by militia under Gen. Jackson, and are repulsed with the loss of the commander in chief, two generals, and 586 killed, 1516 wounded, and 552 prisoners; American loss 13 killed, 39 wounded, and 19 missing, Jan. 8: the U, S. frigate President of 44 guns, Capt. Decatur, captured by the British ships Majestick, razee Endymion, Tenedos, and Pomona frigates, after silencing the Endymion, in a running fight of 3 hours and 30 minutes, and receiving several broadsides from the Tenedos and Pomona: the President had 24 killed and 55 wounded, Jan. 15: the British schooner St Lawrence, of 14, guns, Lieut James E. Gordon, captured after an action of 15 minutes, by the American privateer Chasseur, of 16 guns, Capt. Boyle: the St. Lawrence had 15 killed and 23 wounded, and the Chasseur 5 killed and 8 wounded, Jan. 26: the British sloop of war Favourite, Capt Maude, arrived at New York with the ratified treaty of peace, Feb. 11: the treaty of Ghent ratified by the United States, Feb. 17; the British sloops of war Cyane, Capt. Malcon, and Levant, Capt. Douglass, captured by the U. S. frigate Constitution, Capt. Stewart, after an action of 40 minutes, in which the British ships had 35 killed and 42 wounded, and the Constitution 3 killed and 12 wounded, Feb. 20: Massacre of Dartmoor Prison, April 6.-Algerine War-War having been declared against Algiers, two squadrons were fitted out under Commodores Decatur and Bainbridge: on the 17th June, an Algerine frigate was captured, and on the 19th, a brig mounting 22 guns, which events so intimidated the enemy that he consented to peace on the terms dictated to him, which were highly advanta