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his landing, co-operate in his movement, and if need be, protect his 
retreat. The Indians could be relied upon to cut off all communication 
between the town and, the adjacent country. No return of their actual 
number is available, but it probably exceeded six hundred warriors, 
few of whom, however, were efficiently armed or equipped. Part of 
them were already on the American side of the river and eager to 
advance upon Detroit. 
Accordingly, about four o'clock in the afternoon, within a few 
minutes after Hull’s reply was received, orders were given for the 
resumption of hostilities. The Queen Charlotte and Hunter rounded 
the bend in the river below Sandwich and anchored in mid-channel. 
The batteries, which had been armed with an eighteen pounder, two 
twelve pounders, and two five and a half inch mortars, opened fire. In 
a few minutes they were briskly answered from the American detached 
works, and the cannonade was maintained until eleven o’clock at might 
with trifling effect. Two of the last shells fired from the British guns 
fell within the fort, and one man was wounded by their explosion.t 
Forty or fifty of the inhabitants, headed by Watson and Andrew 
Westbrook, had, indeed, joined the enemy and withdrawn to Detroit, 
but most of these men were recent immigrant from the United States. 
The local regiments had mustered in unexpected strength, increasing 
Brock’s available and naval force to 1,360 of all ranks and arms.’ 




i Officers’ N:C:O: Privates 
General and Staff @fficers... 534/92 anes 9 ry a 
Hieldiiraim Department: EMEA PRES 1 1 we 
Commissaniat cers. eee ee one ae 1 2 pe 
MiltaiS aMOficers ACER PAR EP ete 4 ka oe 
Detachment 4 Bn. RI. Artilery............... 1 5 24 
AlistsRectscolphOOts. nrc oer seo emote 13 26 263 
Royal Newfoundland Fencibles............... 4 8 41 
Provincial Marine Department................ 5 9 119 
Militia Force 1st & 3rd Reg. York Militia....... 4 6 77 
Hela agente Pool WO. ES bow aude 3 3 59 
Tse aveteen) Gord te MME Aisa lds ERNST D 3 19 
2nd. Regt. Norfolk Militia.-/......1. 0 6 3 59 
1st Middlesex (attached to Norfolk)....... 1 We ue 
Oxo MIT A easyer era Sean ER RE Pen cl LU 2 11 
lettRert nsses AMAR 22 92 258 
2nd ‘Regt. Essex Militias :..6.0 07.6024 ae 23 11 131 
listuReotesWenta Valin ara stale eae ei 9 8 46 
Troop of Essex Militia Cavalry........... 1 1 4 
Indian Department Ares CMP rene nce 5 11 =? 
AQth Regime mt yeaa heey re RARE PORT AS ay. 1 
Officers (Regiments not mentioned)........... 3 7 a 
Totale Yo Aue a ae A LE 117 130), ECM 

*Claypool’s Journal, quoted in Blanchard’s Discovery of the Northwest, 
I, p. 385; Lucas, pp. 410-11; Richardson, p. 51! 
* Prize Pay List of those entitled to share in the property captured from 
the enemy at Port Detroit on the 16th August 1812. Royal Hospital, Chelsea. 
