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under the able directions of Capt. 

 Dixon of the royal engineers, that 

 no injury was sustained from its 

 effect. 



The force at my disposal being 

 collected in the course of the 15th, 

 in the neighbourhood of Sandwich} 

 the embarkation took place a little 

 after daylight on the following 

 morning, and by the able ar- 

 rangements of Lieutenant Dewar 

 of the Quarter-Master General's 

 department, the whole was, in a 

 short time, landed without the 

 smallest confusion at Spring Well, 

 a good position, three miles west 

 of Detroit. The Indians, who had 

 in the mean time effected their 

 landing two miles below, moved 

 forwards and occupied the woods, 

 about a mile and a half on our 

 left. 



The force which I instantly di- 

 rected to march against the enemy, 

 consisted of thirty Royal Artillery, 

 two hundred and fifty ^Ist regi- 

 ment, fifty Royal Newfoundland 

 regiment, four hundred militia, 

 and about six hundred Indians, 

 to which were attached three six- 

 poundersand2three-pounders. The 

 services of Lieutenant Troughton, 

 commanding the Royal Artillery, 

 an active and intelligent officer, 

 being required in the field, the 

 direction of the batteries was in- 

 trusted to Captain Hall, and the 

 marine department ; and I cannot 

 withhold my entire approbation of 

 their conduct on this occasion. 



I crossed the river with an in- 

 tention of waiting in a strong posi- 

 tion the effect of our force upon 

 the enemy's camp, and in the hope 

 of compelling him to meet us in 

 the field ; but receiving informa- 

 tion upon landing, that Colonel 

 M'Arthur, an oflicer of liigh repu- 



tation, had left the garrison three 

 days before with a detachment of 

 five hundred men, and hearing 

 soon afterwards that his cavalry 

 had been seen that morning three 

 miles in our rear, I decided on an 

 immediate attack. Accordingly 

 the troops advanced to within one 

 mile of the fort, and having ascer- 

 tained that the enemy had taken 

 little or no precaution towards the 

 land-side, I resolved on an assault, 

 whilst the Indians penetrated his 

 camp. Brigadier-General Hull, 

 however, preventedthis movement, 

 by proposing a cessation of hostili- 

 ties, for the purpose of preparing 

 terms of capitulation. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel John M'Donnell and Cap- 

 tain Glegg were accordingly de- 

 puted by me on this mission, and 

 returned within an hour with the 

 conditions which I have the honour 

 herewith to transmit. Certain 

 considerations afterwards induced 

 me to agree to the two supple- 

 mentary articles. 



The force thus surrendered to 

 his Majesty's arms cannot be esti- 

 mated at less than 2,500 men. In 

 this estimate, Colonel M'Arlhur's 

 detachment is included, as he sur- 

 rendered, agreeably to tlie terms of 

 capitulation, in the course of the 

 evening, with the exception of 

 200 men, whom he left escorting 

 a valuable convoy at some little 

 distance in his rear ; but there can 

 be no doubt the officer command- 

 ing will consider himself equally 

 bound by the capitulation. 



The enemy's aggregate force 

 was divided into two troops of ca- 

 valry ; one company of artillery 

 regulars ; the ^th United States 

 regiment: detachments of the 1st 

 and 3r4 United States regiments, 

 volunteers ; three rcginanls of the 



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