. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . object inview. For these pages we are concerned principally with two conspicuous events, the battles of Chippawa and Lundys Lane. Lieuten-ant-General Drummond was in chief command of the British forceswhile General Riall remained in authority at Fort George and Queens-ton ; but when the latter heard of the arrival of the Americans atBuffalo under Scott, he established his headquarters at Chippawa, andestablished a fortified camp. At the close of June, JacobBrown arrived at Buffalo and assumed chief command. His commandconsisted of two brigad
. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . object inview. For these pages we are concerned principally with two conspicuous events, the battles of Chippawa and Lundys Lane. Lieuten-ant-General Drummond was in chief command of the British forceswhile General Riall remained in authority at Fort George and Queens-ton ; but when the latter heard of the arrival of the Americans atBuffalo under Scott, he established his headquarters at Chippawa, andestablished a fortified camp. At the close of June, JacobBrown arrived at Buffalo and assumed chief command. His commandconsisted of two brigades commanded respectively by Generals Scottand Ripley, to each of which was attached a small body of artillery;there was also a small troop of cavalry. These regulars were well dis-ciplined and in high spirits. There were also volunteers from Pennsylvania and New York and about six hundred Indians, who had beenawakened to action by the eloquence of Red Jacket. The volunteersand Indians were under chief command of Gen. Peter B. Porter, who. and
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