A Chapter of the History of the War of 1812 in the Northwest Embracing the Surr
A Chapter of the History of the War of 1812 in the Northwest Embracing the Surr
William Stanley Hatch
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The course adopted was attributed to timidity, over-ruling sagacious and prompt military conduct on the part of the commanding general. But here all were deceived, as no order had ~been sent to Colonel Brush, to move in the direction stated, or to move at all. 7 ( The sole object of the movement was to reduce the active force at the Fort, prelimi- 48 A CHAPTER OF THE nary to carrying into effect the capitulation which had already been agreed upon, to get rid of a large number of officers and me...n known to be keenly sensitive to an honor- able success, and had been openly hostile to the inaction of the army when - in Canada, and to the recrossing the river, and who, if present, would unquestionably have resisted to the extremest point, regardless of all or any consequences, any attempt to surrender the Fort or the army. The detachment marched at dusk, cross- ing the common directly in the rear ot the Fort westward for near a mile, entered the forest and followed a path which at length intersected the road leading from Spring Wells to a small settlement of two hewed log two-story houses with gardens enclosed by split paling fence, which stood near the bank of the river Rouge.
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