battalion; and captain Sebree’s company of Kentucky militia.  Colonel Miller and his men charged upon, the enemy, and drove them from their position; spiked the cannon at their batteries, and secured forty-one prisoners.  The force of the enemy, thus driven and defeated, consisted of two hundred British regulars, one hundred and fifty Canadians and about five hundred Indians, under the immediate command of Tecumseh, in all more than double the force of the detachment under colonel Miller.  In this sortie, captain Sebree’s company of militia, was particularly distinguished.  With the intrepid bravery and reckless ardor for which the Kentucky troops are noted, they plunged into the thickest ranks of the enemy, and were for a time surrounded by the Indians, who gallantly pressed upon them; but they maintained their ground, until lieutenant Gwynne,[A] of the 19th regiment, perceiving their imminent peril, boldly charged upon the Indians, with a portion of captain Elliott’s company, and released captain Sebree and his men from their dangerous situation.  Had the force of colonel Miller been something stronger, he would probably have captured the whole of the enemy, then on the south side of the river.  The British and Indians suffered severely, being finally driven back and thrown into confusion.  As colonel Miller commenced his return to the fort, the enemy rallied and pressed with great bravery upon his rear, until he arrived near the breast-works.  A considerable number of our soldiers were left dead on the field, and several officers were wounded.

[Footnote A:  Major David Gwynne, now of Cincinnati.]

Colonel Dudley’s movements on the north side of the river, are now to be noticed.  A landing was effected by his detachment, which was immediately marched off, through an open plain, to a hill clothed with timber.  Here the troops were formed into three columns, colonel Dudley placing himself at the head of the right, major Shelby leading the left, and captain Morrison, acting as major, the centre.  The distance from the place where the detachment was formed in order, to the point to be attacked, was near two miles.  The batteries were engaged in cannonading camp Meigs, when the column led by major Shelby, being a few hundred yards in advance of the others, rushed at full speed upon those having charge of the guns, and carried them without the loss of a single man.  When the British flag was cut down, the garrison of fort Meigs shouted for joy.  The grand object of the enterprise having been achieved, the general, who was watching the movements of the detachment, made signs to them to retreat to their boats; but to his great surprise, and in express disobedience of the orders transmitted through colonel Hamilton, our troops remained at the batteries, quietly looking around, without spiking the cannon, cutting down the carriages or destroying the magazines.  This delay proved fatal to them.  The general, alarmed for their safety, now offered a very high reward to any