Odell Town

(Canada near Lake Cham plain). Here Lieutenant- Colonel Forsyth had two small skirmishes with the British, June 22, 1814, in which the former was succe ful, but lost his own life. The British lo was seventeen killed. Ogdensburg, N. Y. February 22, 1813, Colonel McDonell, with 800 British soldiers, attacked the village and also Fort Presentation, commanded by Colonel Forsyth. The attack upon the fort was repulsed, but that on the village was succe ful. The British now reformed and moved against the fort, which, however, had meanwhile been evacuated, the Americans retreating to Black Lake, nine miles away. Two armed sloops and the barracks were burned, the village plundered, and fifty two prisoners made. The American lo was five killed and fifteen wounded; the British, six killed and forty-eight wounded. 47