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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Extract of letter from Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne dated July 3, 1794, lamenting losses in a June 30 engagement at Fort Recovery against superior Native American forces, praising the garrison's defense that forced their retreat, and complimenting wounded officers.
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Extract of a letter from his Excellency Major Gen. Anthony Wayne, to the commanding Officer of Fort Recovery, dated July 3 1794.
I most sincerely feel and lament the loss of that good and excellent officer, Major M'Mahan, and the brave Capt. Hawthorne, Lieut. Craig and Cornet Torrey! together with the brave non-commissioned officers and soldiers who so gloriously fell in the charge upon vastly superior numbers on the morning of the 30th June.
Permit me to communicate through you my most grateful thanks and highest approbation of the conduct of the escort and garrison at Fort Recovery; for their gallant defence of that important post, and compelling from one thousand to fifteen hundred ferocious savages, to retreat with slaughter and disgrace, from the same field, where they were proudly victorious on the 4th of November, 1791.
Present my best compliments to those intrepid wounded officers, Captain Taylor of the dragoons, and Lieut. Drake of the infantry, and assure them of my anxious wishes for their safe and speedy recovery.
You will also please to accept my best thanks for, and highest approbation of your own good and officer like conduct upon that trying occasion.
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Fort Recovery
Event Date
30th June 1794
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loss of major m'mahan, capt. hawthorne, lieut. craig, cornet torrey, non-commissioned officers and soldiers; wounded: captain taylor, lieut. drake; native forces (1,000-1,500) compelled to retreat with slaughter and disgrace.
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U.S. forces under Major Gen. Anthony Wayne charged vastly superior Native American numbers on June 30, 1794, at Fort Recovery, suffering losses but later the escort and garrison gallantly defended the fort, forcing the attackers to retreat from the site of their 1791 victory.