tal stores of the American
army. He made a dash at the _Cayuga_ in his barge, and, with only
six men, secured her.

Colonel Proctor now assumed the offensive. He sent Captain Tallon, on
the 5th of August, with an inconsiderable detachment of the 41st
regiment, and a few of the many Indians, who were flocking to his
standard, to Brownstown, a village opposite Amherstburgh. Captain
Tallon energetically carried out his instructions, by surprising and
routing more than two hundred of the Americans, who were under the
command of Major Vanhorne. The captured detachment were on their way
from Detroit to the river Raisin, in the expectation of meeting there a
detachment of volunteers, from Ohio, under Captain Burr, with a convoy
of provisions for the army. General Hull's despatches fell into the
hands of the captors. The deplorable state of the American army was
disclosed, and, without loss of time, Colonel Proctor sent over a
reinforcement, consisting of one hundred men, of the 41st regiment,
with some militia and four hundred Indians, under the command of Major
Muir, their landing being protected by the brig _Hunter_. Nor were
the American General's misfortunes yet to be ameliorated. While these
things were taking place, a despatch reached him from the officer
commanding the Niagara frontier, intimating that his expected
co-operation was impossible. On every side, General Hull was being
hemmed in. His supplies had been cut off. Defeat had befallen him so
far and death, sickness, fatigue and discomfiture had its depressing
effect upon his soldiery. There was no insurrection in Canada. The
people of the backwoods had not the slightest desire to be territorially
annexed to that country over which the standard of union had waved for
thirty years. On the contrary, they were bent upon doing it as much
mischief as possible. They had no idea of transferring their allegiance
to a power who had visited them with the miseries of war, for no fault
of theirs. Hull was dismayed. When it was announced that General Brocke
was advancing against him, he sounded a retreat. Unwilling that his
fears should be communicated to the troops under him, General Hull
retreated ostensibly with the view of concentrating the army. After he
had re-opened his communications with the rivers Raisin and Miami,
through which the whole of his supplies came, he was to resume
offensive operations. That time never came. On the 8th of August,
Sandwich was evacuated.