y procured. Of the
brass pieces, three are the trophies of our revolutionary war,
that were taken at Saratoga and York, and surrendered by General
Hull. The number of small arms taken by us and destroyed (p. 261)
by the enemy, must amount to upwards of 5000; most of them had
been ours and taken by the enemy at the surrender of Detroit, at
the river Raisin, and at Colonel Dudley's defeat. I believe that
the enemy retain no other military trophy of their victories than
the standard of the 4th regiment; they were not magnanimous
enough to bring that of the 4th regiment into the field, or it
would have been taken.

You have been informed, Sir, of the conduct of the troops under
my command in action; it gives me great pleasure to inform you,
that they merit also the approbation of their country for their
conduct, in submitting to the greatest privations with the utmost
cheerfulness.

The infantry were entirely without tents, and for several days
the whole army subsisted upon fresh beef, without bread or salt.

I have the honour to be, etc.,
William H. HARRISON.

P.S. General Proctor escaped by the fleetness of his horses,
escorted by 40 dragoons and a number of mounted Indians.

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_General Orders of Debarkation, of March, and of Battle._

Head Quarters, on Board
the United States schooner Ariel,
September 27, 1813.

As it is the intention of the general to land the army on the
enemy's coast, the following will be order of debarkation, of
march, and of battle:

The right wing of the army will be composed of the Kentucky
volunteers, under the command of His Excellency, Governor Shelby,
acting as major-general. The left wing, of the light corps of
Lieutenant-Colonel Ball, and the brigades of Generals M'Arthur
and Cass. The arrangement is made with a view to the localities
of the ground upon which the troops are to act and the
composition of the enemy's force, and is calculated, in marching
up the lake or straight, to place our regular troops in the open
ground on the lake, where they will probably be opposed by the
British regulars, and the Kentucky volunte