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post at Detroit
was of vital importance to both sides as the war opened. The United
States selected the Detroit Frontier as the main
point of invasion following the declaration of war as a means
of severing communications between the British
and the First Nations to the west.
The initial British successes at Detroit and
Fort Michilimackinac in 1812 encouraged the
First Nations to maintain an alliance with the
British. General
Proctor managed to fight a relatively successful
campaign in the Michigan Territory in the winter and spring of
1813 which delayed American attempts to retake Detroit.
But, as 1813 progressed, the tenuous line of communications and
other military priorities combined to make the British relatively
weaker in the region. |
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Map of Detroit River and Vicinity, 1869
Benson J. Lossing in
The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812
An illustration
Reference Code: 971 .034 LOS, page 266
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- July 12, General Hull invades Upper
Canada at Sandwich
(Detroit River)
- July 17, Captain Charles Roberts
captures Fort Michilimackinac from the
United States (Lake Huron)
- August 15, Americans evacuate Fort
Dearborn (Chicago), post destroyed by First
Nations
- August 16, General Brock and Tecumseh
capture Detroit with combination of militia, First Nations
and British regulars
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- January 19, Battle of Frenchtown
- Colonel Proctor with mixed force of regulars, militia
and First Nations defeats U.S. General
Winchester and compels surrender
- April 28-May 10, Siege of Fort
Meigs on the Maumee (Ohio) fails to capture
the American post
- August 2, Attack on Fort
Stephenson on the Sandusky River (Ohio) repulsed
with heavy losses, Proctor retreats to Detroit
- September 10, Battle of Lake Erie,
British squadron captured. Proctor decides to evacuate
Detroit and eventually withdraws completely from the area
due to failing supplies
- October 5, Battle of the Thames,
British defeated, Tecumseh killed, General Proctor retreats
on Burlington
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- March 4, Battle of Long Woods or Battle
Hill near Thamesville - American raiders from Detroit
repulse attack by British regulars and Upper Canadian
militia
- August 4-5, Successful British defence
of Michilimackinac
- August 14, British supply ship Nancy
destroyed in engagement in Nottawasaga Bay
- September 3, American war vessel Tigress
captured off Mackinaw
Island by British gunboats (renamed the Surprise)
- September 5, American war vessel Scorpion
captured by Tigress (renamed the Confiance)
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