The Enquirer

Domestic.

Chillicothe, August 10th

In the last Gazette we stated, that major Croghan, in consequence of his disobeying an order, to burn and evacuate Fort Stephenson, had been succeeded in his command of that post by col. Wells.

After the arrival of major Croghan at head quarters, he gave to the commanding general, such satisfactory evidence of his ability to maintain the post, that he was immediately sent back and resumed the command.

On the evening of the 1st instant, the British and Indians, who had come by the Sandusky river from the bay, commenced from their battery a heavy cannonading upon the fort, and threw in a great number of shells from their bomb batteries. The enemy continued his operations without success until the evening of the 2d, when, after throwing a great number of balls from a six pounder, at the north-west angle of the fort, for the purpose of making a breach, a column under the command of lt col. Short, advanced to the spot on which the artillery had played, with the intent of storming--but the judicious management of majr Croghan, foiled the enemy in his attempt. The ditch which surrounded the works was about eight feet wide and of equal depth--this the enemy had to enter before he could approach the pickets, (though the top of each of which a bayonet was drawn in a horizontal direction.) While in this situation, the six pounder which was inserted in a block-house, and placed so as to rake the ditch, and a ravine adjacent, opened upon the storming column a tremendous volley of duck shot, which did terrible execution, and so confounded the assailants, that lieut. col Short, who had previously ordered his men to scale the pickets, and "to show the damned yankee rascals no quarter," exhibited a white handkerchief as a signal of distress, evincing his disposition to have quarters given him, after he had proclaimed that the garrison should be massacred. It was, however too late --the next discharge proved fatal--and lieut. Gordon of the 41st regt fell with many others--

This was nearly the close of the contest. Fire from the block house was now principally directed at the enemy, who had taken refuge in the ravine --the slaughter there was immense, and General Proctor who commanded in person, ordered the allied army to retreat to their boats. The remainder of the night was occupied in carrying off the dead and wounded: --from the number of trails discovered in the grass, it evidently, that no less than fifty of the dead were dragged away. About thirty killed, including the two other mentioned above were left in the ditch and ravine-- and thirty prisoners brought to the fort, which Gen Proctor, in his hurry evacuation had that left behind not one Indian

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Moor Croghan, who has thus nobly defended. and gallantly repulsed and defeated the choicest troops
commanded by Proctor and Tecumseh, is a native of Kentucky. He is not more than 22 years of age.

Scioto Gazette.

Major Croghan, was not brought up at the Military School, at West Point, as has been stated. He was born in Kentucky, of a sister of the gallant Geo. Rogers Clarke--and spent two sessions at the College of Wm. and Mary, in this State.--A short time after his return to Kentucky, he marched with the army to engage the Indians, and distinguished himself at Tippecanoe.

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