- 1. Smallness of General Brock's army, and the manner in which he collected it [353]
- Preparations at Windsor for the attack upon Detroit before General Brock's arrival there [353]
- Crossing the river, and the surrender of Fort Detroit, &c. [354]
- 2. General Brock's council with the Indians at Sandwich before crossing the river at Detroit; his conversation
with the great chief Tecumseh; and after the taking of Detroit, takes off his sash and places it around
Tecumseh, who next day placed it around the Wyandot chief, Round Head; reasons for it given to
General Brock [355] - General Brock's estimate of Tecumseh, and the latter's watching and opinion on the conduct of the former [356]
- Particulars of Tecumseh's personal history and death (in a [note]) [357]
- Surprise and taking of Michillimackinack, and other defeats, discouraging to General Hull, before his
surrender of Detroit [358] - Particulars of the surrender [361]
- General Brock's proclamation to the people of Michigan [362]
- Remarks on the difference in sentiment and style between this proclamation to the inhabitants of Michigan
and that of General Hull to the inhabitants of Canada [363] - General Brock's return to York; having in 19 days settled public legislative business, raised a little army,
taken a territory nearly as large as Upper Canada, and an army three times as numerous as his own [364]
- Second Invasion of Upper Canada at Queenston 365-371
- Crossing of the river from Lewiston to Queenston of 1,500 regular troops, who, by a private path,
gain Queenston Heights; death of General Brock; the invaders dislodged from the Heights and driven
down the banks of the river; American militia refuse to cross the river; American soldiers surrender to
General Sheaffe to the number of 900 men, besides officers, including General Wadsworth and Colonel
Winfield Scott [365] - Armistice [368]
- Incidents on the Niagara frontier after the death of General Brock, by Lieutenant Driscoll, of the 100th
Regiment [368]
- Third American Invasion of Canada 372-379
- A large American army assembled; confidence of its success [372]
- No reinforcements from England; but the sacrifice and zeal of the Canadians for the defence of their
country against this third and most formidable invasion of the year [373] - The Commander-in-Chief's (General Smyth) address to his army, given entire in a [note] [373]
- Its effect to bring 2,000 volunteers from the State of Pennsylvania [374]
- The troops embark; General Smyth does not appear; failure of the attempted invasion; General Smyth's
flight from his own soldiers, who shoot off their guns in disgust and indignation [375] - Three armies, altogether of 10,000 men, defeated by less than 1,000 Canadian volunteers and soldiers [378]
- An Invading Army of 10,000 men, under General Dearborn, defeated by Colonel De
Salaberry, with 300 Canadians, at Chateauguay; Description of the Battle 380-382 - The Canadian militia put in readiness to repel a second apprehended invasion, but General Dearborn
does not venture it, and retires with his hosts into winter quarters [381] - The Canadian militia allowed to retire for the winter [382]
- The armistice between Generals Sheaffe and Smyth injurious to Upper Canada (in a note) [382]
- Campaigns of 1813 383-425
- Americans determined to conquer Canada this year [383]
- Disadvantage of the Governor-General of Canada from the fewness of his troops, regulars and militia,
compared with those of the invading armies [383] - Three American invading armies—one consisting of 18,000 men, the second of 7,000 men, and the third
of 8,000 men [384] - General Proctor's slender force at Detroit [384]
- Battle of Frenchtown; victory of Colonel Proctor; American misrepresentations respecting it corrected [385]
- Colonel Proctor promoted to be General [388]
- Several American plundering raids on Brockville and neighbourhood; retaliatory raid of the British on
Ogdensburg; town ordnance, arms, &c., taken, and vessels destroyed [388] - Canadian preparations in the winter of 1813 for the season's campaign; U.E. Loyalist regiment comes from Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Quebec, on snow shoes
[390]
- The American plan of campaign to invade and take Canada in 1813 [390]
- The American fleet on Lake Ontario superior to the British fleet; attack upon York with 1,700 men,
commanded by Generals Dearborn and Pike; battle, explosion of a magazine; many of both armies
killed; Canadians defeated and York taken [391] - Americans evacuate York and return to Sackett's Harbour, after having destroyed public buildings, and
taken much booty [393] - Americans attack Fort George, Newark (Niagara), by land and water, and after a hard fight take the town
and fort, the British retiring to Queenston [393] - General Vincent, having destroyed the fortifications on the frontier, retreats to Burlington Heights, pursued by Generals Chandler and Winder, with an army of 3,500
infantry and 300 cavalry [394]
- Colonel Harvey, with 700 men, surprises the whole American army at Stony Creek, captures their two
generals and 150 men, &c. [395] - American army retreats in great disorder towards Fort George [396]
- The affair at the Beaver Dams; the capture of 700 American soldiers, with their officers, by a small party
of soldiers and Indians—the captured prisoners being five to one of their captors [397] - The American army confined to Fort George and its neighbourhood [397]
- A small party of the British retaliate the marauding game of the Americans by crossing the river at
Chippewa, attacking and dismantling Fort Schlosser and bringing off military stores; and seven days
afterwards, 11th July, crossing from Fort Erie to Black Rock, and burning the enemy's block-houses,
stores, barracks, dockyards, &c. [397] - The two armies almost within gunshot of each other at Fort George; but the Americans could not be drawn
out to a battle, though their numbers were two to one to the British [398] - General Harrison prepares to prosecute the war for recovering the Territories of Michigan; General Proctor
raises the siege of Lower Sandusky and retires to Amherstburg [399] - Unsuccessful expedition of Governor-General Prevost and Sir James L. Yeo against Sackett's Harbour;
Sir George Prevost orders the withdrawment of the troops, at the very crisis of victory, to the great
disappointment and dissatisfaction of his officers and men [399]
Occurrences on Lake Ontario.