![]() On 2 and 3 August 1812, TECUMSEH, Captain MUIR and Roundhead took a force of First Nations and about 100 redcoats across the Detroit River from Amherstburg, landing near the Wyandot village of Brownstown. Hull's legitimate concern was his vulnerable supply line. But Hull refused to advance despite his militia officers' urging. Reconnaissance revealed that Amherstburg was weakly defended. On 20 July, the general issued a bombastic proclamation to the Canadian militia to throw off their British shackles and embrace American liberty. On 12 July, Hull crossed the Detroit River unopposed and occupied Sandwich (Windsor). The installation's main weakness was that the fort could not easily fire on British ships on the DETROIT RIVER, or on British gun batteries on the opposite riverbank. Detroit itself was protected by a palisade and there was a fort on the landward side of the town. ![]() Capture of Detroit, War of 1812 During the WAR OF 1812, the campaign in western Upper Canada began with the arrival of American Brigadier General William HULL, governor of the Michigan Territory, at Detroit with some 1600 men on 6-7 July 1812. ![]()
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