pany of the 3rd battalion of the
embodied militia to cross the river and take up the ground abandoned by
the picquet. He did so gallantly, driving back the American advanced
guard, but was afterwards compelled to retreat. The enemy, as Daly
retreated, appeared on the verge of the river. DeSalaberry gave the
word to Juchereau Duchesnay to up and at them, and his men, rising from
their place of concealment, poured in a fire upon Purdy's Americans,
which was as unexpected as it was effectual. The Americans reeled back
and then turned and ran. Hampton seeing Purdy's discomfiture, slowly
withdrew, leaving Colonel DeSalaberry, with less than three hundred
Canadians, in possession of his position, and with all the honors of
victory. The loss was not great on either side. Of the Americans, forty
were found dead. The Canadians lost five killed and twenty wounded. For
this nicely managed skirmish DeSalaberry was justly loaded with honors,
his officers and men were publicly thanked, and five pairs of colours
were presented to the five battalions of Canadian embodied militia, by
the Prince Regent.

Hampton retired upon Four Corners, and afterwards retreated to
Plattsburgh, instead of co-operating with Wilkinson, as intended.

Simultaneously with Hampton's advance upon Chateauguay, or nearly so,
Wilkinson proceeded down the St. Lawrence, with a flotilla of upwards
of three hundred boats, protected by a division of gun-boats, until he
was within three miles of Prescott, when he landed his troops, and
marched down with them, by land, to a cove two miles below Fort
Prescott, so as to avoid the British batteries. The boats having past
during the night, without suffering any material injury from the
cannonading of the fort.

So soon as the American movement was ascertained at Kingston, General
DeRottenburg sent the 49th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Prenderleath, the 89th regiment and some Voltigeurs after them. At
Prescott, they were reinforced by a party of Canadian Fencibles, and
the whole amounting to about eight hundred rank and file, was commanded
by Colonel Morrison, of the 49th regiment, aided by the Deputy Adjutant
General. Colonel Harvey, Under the escort of a small division of
gun-boats, commanded by Captain Mulcaster, R.N. This corps of
observation continued in pursuit of the enemy, and on the 8th of
November, came up with them at Point Iroquois. Twelve hundred of the
enemy, under Colonel Macomb, had landed on