. Stories of the War of 1812, and the Mexican War .. . y the Hull, with twenty-five hundredmen, took post at Detroit, in afterward, the British general, Brock,with thirteen hundred men, appearedbefore Detroit, erected batteries, andsummoned Hull to surrender. He refused,and the British opened their fire upon (T) 8 SURRENDER OF DETROIT. the works. On the 26th, they crossedthe river and moved forward to theattack. The American troops were pre-pared to receive them, and eager for theconflict. But as the British approached,Hull ordered his men to retire into thefort,
. Stories of the War of 1812, and the Mexican War .. . y the Hull, with twenty-five hundredmen, took post at Detroit, in afterward, the British general, Brock,with thirteen hundred men, appearedbefore Detroit, erected batteries, andsummoned Hull to surrender. He refused,and the British opened their fire upon (T) 8 SURRENDER OF DETROIT. the works. On the 26th, they crossedthe river and moved forward to theattack. The American troops were pre-pared to receive them, and eager for theconflict. But as the British approached,Hull ordered his men to retire into thefort, and hoisted a white flag. In a shorttime, terms of surrender were agreedupon, and the whole American army,with all its ammunition and stores weregiven up to the British. This surrenderexcited the indignation of the was accused of cowardice, tried bya court martial, and sentenced to be President, however, in considerationof his age and services, remitted thepunishment, but ordered his name to bestricken from the rolls of the BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN. Early in October, 1812, about threethousand five hundred men, under com-mand of General Van Eensselaer, wereassembled on the Niagara frontier. Ge-neral Van Eensselaer resolved to makean attack on the British position atQueenstown, eight miles below NiagaraFalls. At daybreak on the 13th of Oc-tober, the troops began to embark tocross the river. The British opened afire upon them, which was returned bythe American batteries. Colonel YanEensselaer, with about one hundred men,reached the shore, and stormed the fort (11) 12 BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN. of the British, though not without severeloss. The Americans drove the enemyfrom the field, and the victory was sup-posed to be gained, when another rein-forcement arrived, and the conflict wasrenewed. At this critical moment, Ge-neral Van Eensselaer crossed the riverto bring a reinforcement for his gallantlittle band, and found that the militiawould not obey his orders. C
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