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June 23, 1814 Capt. Thomas Brown reports: I dispatched the St. Lawrence with the Launches and part of the Marines of the Frigate up to St. Benedict, to load with the remaining tobacco. After getting on board seventeen hogsheads, the Party were surprised and attacked by several hundred Infantry and Cavalry, with four field pieces. A Sergeant, four Marines and one Seaman, retreating to the Boats were cut off and made prisoners, but I am happy to learn no lives have been lost, or any person wounded. Brown's data was faulty; the Sergeant mentioned was, in fact, killed.
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