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Excerpt from Facts Relative to the Campaign of the Niagara in 1814
ON the night of the 3d of July, 1814, General Ripley crossed the Niagara River with his Brigade, above Fort Erie, and landed his men in good order notwithstanding the embarrassing situation the General had been placed in for want of means of transporta tion, having only two gun boats, and two small boats, for the crossing of his whole brigade. The gun boats could not get nearer the Canada shore than about three quarters of a mile, and the small boats would not contain more than about fifty men each fortunate for the General, the enemy made no resistance on our landing, or he must have lost a great many of his men, as, he could not land at a time more than one hundred men. On the morning of the battle of Chippewa, General Porter was ordered out on the left of our two lines, first and second brigades with his volunteers and Indians to skirmish with the enemy, who at that time were constantly annoying our ?anks. Shortly after General Porter entered the woods, he was attacked by a large body of the enemy's light troops and Indians during this time Generals Brown, Scott and Ripley, with several other officers, were met together at the White-house.
General Ripley on hearing the constant and heavy firing between General Porter and the enemy, mentioned to General Brown, that Porter was engaged and ought to be supported. General Brown immediately ordered General Scott to get his brigade in readiness for action, and gave the same orders to General Ripley, which were immediately complied with.
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