History of the Second War Between the United States And Great Britain
History of the Second War Between the United States And Great Britain
John Lewis From Old Catalog Thomson
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HE o|jerations against tlie enemy's positions along the Niagara liad scarcely been entered upon, wlion the governor-general, k-^h* George Prevost matured the plan of an ex- pedition, having for its object, the invasion of the American territory from Lower Canada ; the defeat and destruction of the right division of the United States army, then lying in the neio'hbonrhood of Plattsburff, under Major-General Izard ; and tlie subjugation of the country to Crown Point and Ticonderoga. No offensive ...measures, against any part of Lower Canada, by this army, being in contemplation, and the apprehensions of the war department having been strongly excited about the safety of the left division, after its investment at Fort Erie, General Izard received orders to march for that post, with a reinforcement of PREVOST S EXPEDITION. 401 the largest proportion of his troops, and to assume the command of the garrison. Accordingly, after detaching about fifteen hun- dred men, under Brigadier-General Macomb, most of whom were either sick or convalescent, and requiring of General Mooers, of the New York militia, the aid of a few volunteer companies, for the defense of Plattsburg, he marched for Sackett's Harbour, ^vith upwards of three thousand men.
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