Chapter 4

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1813 ON THE LAKES AND NORTHERN FRONTIER, AFTER THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

Perry's victory promptly followed up 102

General Harrison lands his army at Malden 103

Recovery of Detroit. Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813 103

The Indians fall away from the British 103

Harrison's army transferred to Niagara 104

Perry detached from the lake service 104

Changed American plan of campaign on Ontario 104

General James Wilkinson replaces Dearborn 104

The Government designates Kingston as the objective 105

The embarkation begins at Niagara under cover of the navy 106

Yeo's squadron appears in the neighborhood 106

Encounter between the two squadrons, September 28, 1813 107

Criticism of Chauncey's management 108

Wilkinson's troops reach Sackett's Harbor 110

The British re-enforce Kingston 110

New change of American plan. The army to be directed on Montreal 111

Intended junction with the troops from Lake Champlain, under General Hampton 111

Wilkinson's army assembled within the mouth of the St. Lawrence 114

It proceeds down the river 114

Pursuit by a British detachment 114

American reverse at Chrystler's Farm 115

Hampton fails to join Wilkinson, and returns to Plattsburg 116

The expedition abandoned. Wilkinson goes into winter quarters at French Mills 116

Chauncey returns to Sackett's Harbor from the St. Lawrence 117

Transports Harrison's division from Niagara to Sackett's Harbor 117

Fleets lay up for the winter 117

Disastrous close of the campaign upon the Niagara 118

Americans evacuate Fort George and the peninsula 120

They burn Newark 120

Act disavowed by the American Government 120

Sir Gordon Drummond in command in Upper Canada 120

The British, under General Riall, cross the Niagara and capture Fort Niagara 121

Lewiston, Youngstown, and Manchester burned in retaliation for Newark 121

Buffalo burned, and three naval vessels at Black Rock 121

General failure of the campaign about Lake Ontario 122

Discussion of the causes 123