SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Dec. 3, 1813

• Battle of Crysler's Farm - Ontario, Canada
• War of 1812 - British  General Joseph Morrison

Page 2 has a lengthy "American Official Correspondence from Gen. Wilkinson to the Secretary of War" which is much on his failed efforts against Montreal and the battle at Crysler's Farm. Reports on this campaign continue on page 2 with a letter from Wilkinson to General Hampton, with his response signed: W. Hampton.
 At this battle the British defeated a much larger American invasion force, prompting the U.S. to abandon the St. Lawrence campaign & its plan to capture Montreal.
Four pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine margin, an ink stain affects about 7 words in an unrelated report.

Background: Fought on November 11, 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm stands out as a notable military engagement due to its crucial strategic impact—frequently cited by historians as "the battle that saved Canada"—where a heavily outnumbered British, Canadian, and First Nations force of roughly 1,160 men decisively repulsed a 3,000-man American division advancing on Montreal, effectively dismantling the United States' largest coordinated offensive of the War of 1812. The historical rarity and tactical significance of this engagement lie in its textbook execution of British line tactics over chaotic amphibious forces: despite facing overwhelming odds of nearly three-to-one, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wanton Morrison’s disciplined veterans held rigid volley firing lines in muddy terrain, inflicting over 400 casualties while suffering under 200, which shattered American morale, forced Major General James Wilkinson to completely abandon his campaign against Lower Canada, and permanently safeguarded the vital St. Lawrence River supply artery.