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of French rangers. From this main body, Major Crabb, with one detachment, proceeded againſt Lutteefgur; Major Crawford with another,croſſed the mountains to Seckroot and Lora; and two companies under, the direction of Captain Baker, and, Lieutenant Simpſon, advanced towards Pateetah with a twelve pounder, which they played on the north ſide of the fort, for, at leaſt, an hour, with good effect, till an halcarah, who juſt arrived, informed them that there was a large tank on the eaſtern ſituation with a great heap of earth thrown up about it, which might anſwer the purpoſe of a temporary battery. When the tank was diſcovered, and found adequate to the deſcription given of it,

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