335

Misfortune on land 336

Wretched condition of the American army 336

Appointment of Henry Dearborn and William Hull as generals. Hull
to command in the Northwest 337

Isaac Brock, the British general commanding in Upper Canada 337

His well-considered scheme of operation 338

Incompetency of the American War Department 339

Hull takes command at Dayton 340

Advances to Detroit 341

Crosses to Canada 341

Brock causes seizure of Michilimackinac 341

Hull's delays in Canada, before Malden 343

The danger of his position 343

The British attack his communications 345

Hull recrosses to Detroit 345

Brock's difficulties 346

Moves against Hull, and reaches Malden 346

Crosses to Detroit, and advances 346

Hull surrenders 347

Criticism of his conduct 348

Extenuating circumstances 349

Ultimate responsibility lies upon the Governments which had been
in power for ten years 350

CHAPTER VII

OPERATIONS ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER AFTER HULL'S SURRENDER.
EUROPEAN EVENTS BEARING ON THE WAR

Brock returns to Niagara from Detroit 351

Prevost, Governor-General of Canada, arranges with Dearborn a
suspension of hostilities 352

Suspension disapproved by the American Government. Hostilities
resumed 353

Brock's advantage by control of the water 353

Two of his vessels on Lake Erie taken from him by Lieutenant
Elliott, U.S. Navy 354

Brock's estimate of this loss 356

American attack upon Queenston