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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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Intelligence from the army at the Rapids reports a failed secret expedition by Capt. Langham's detachment of 150 men and 30 Indians to destroy the British ship Queen Charlotte near Fort Malden, aborted due to rotten lake ice; a reserve force of 500 men was prepared. General Harrison expected in Cincinnati soon.
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We have received intelligence from the army at the Rapids as late as the 1st inst. two days previous to which time, a detachment of about 150 men and 30 Indians, under the command of capt. Langham, had left there on a secret expedition—the object was said to be the destruction of the Queen Charlotte, which (from the best information that could be obtained) lay within 200 yards of Fort Malden—on the same evening another detachment of 500 men started for the purpose of acting as a reserve to capt. Langham's party, in case of necessity.
We are informed this morning, by a gentleman who left the Rapids last Saturday, that the above-mentioned enterprise had failed in consequence of the rottenness of the ice on the Lake. We also hear that general Harrison will be here in a day or two.
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The Rapids
Event Date
1st Inst.
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enterprise had failed in consequence of the rottenness of the ice on the lake
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a detachment of about 150 men and 30 Indians, under the command of capt. Langham, had left there on a secret expedition—the object was said to be the destruction of the Queen Charlotte, which lay within 200 yards of Fort Malden—on the same evening another detachment of 500 men started for the purpose of acting as a reserve to capt. Langham's party, in case of necessity.