Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-07

western army OF the said Uaited States,
then and there under his command as a.
foresaid !; BY avoiding all personal dan
ser, from making an attempt to prevent
the enemy's crossing the said river De-
troit add landing at the said Spring
Wells, otherwise called Spring Hill; by
avoiding all personal danger from recon-
noitering and encounsering the enemy
in battle on the said march of the enemy
towards the said fort of Detroit; by
hastily sending flags OF truce to the enc
my wiIh oyertures for capitulaaon
BY anxiousy withdrawing his person
from toe American troops in the open
field TO place of comparative safety,
Within the walls of the said fort Detroit;
by an irresolute Ractuation of orders,
semetimes Inconsistent with each other,
& sometimes incoherenr in themselves,
by forbidding the American artillery to
Ere on the army On the said march OF the
enemy towards the said fort OF Detroit;
hv calling the American troops from the
field, ana crowdiug them into the said
5 flht Detroit, ~i,iie the enemy was on
the said march towards the said tort De-
troit /; by precipitate declaration to the
enemy, that he surrendered the said tori
Dsteois aEd the said north western army
OF the said United States, before terms
OF capitulanon we're signed - consider
ed, or even suggested; and generally,
b. course of conduct and conversation
esiGcitg peasonsl fear, agitation OF mind,
ana privaIiqn ofjodgment; whereby the
said 70 I Detroit. and the said north
western army Of ghe Uaited States, then
and there under the command OF the
said brigsdier general William Hull,
were then and there rendered an easy
and Certain eJaqsest 10 the approaching
enemy the officers and soldiers ct a
gailant armY, compelled by the obllga-
tions of MILITARY law TO obey the orders
of their eotnInander, were exposed TO
unmeritsd modification and reproach /;
and the said Uni ed States, in the p ose.
cution of the said war, suffered great de-
triment and discredit
Fourth SPEC 6eGttou: And, also, IN
this THAT during the said war 80 as
aforesaid carried on and prose cuted by
and between the United States OF Ame-
RIGA and their territories, and the said
United Kingdom of Great.Britsin and
ireland, and the dependencies thereof,
to Wit Cd the sixteenth day OF August,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twelve aforesaid, a, Detroit aIore.
said in the Territory of Michigan afore-
said, the said tort Detroit being then and
there we'll garrisoned and supplied with
cannon, ammunition, s provisions the
said northwestern army being then and
there well Supplied with arms, ammu-
milton, and provisions and the officers
and soldiers :h,reot being then and there
in high spirits, and eager to meet and
encounter the enemy in battle s fine
train If artillery being then and there
sob, CT 10 the orders " the sand brig gen.
Hull, for the purpose OF defence or
attack, vet the said brigadier general
William Hull {then s. there being com.
msnder of the said fort Detroit, and al
the ssid north western army of the u
nited States actir upon the impulse OF
personal fear and apprehensions, and
contemplating, as the Hieans OF personal
safety, a shameful abandonment and sur.
render of the said fort Detroit, and OF
the said Dorth-W estern army OF the SAID
Uniled States under his command as a.
foresaid, 10 the approaching enemy, did
then and there shamciuily miseehaVe
himself before the enemy, and did then
AMI there enter into disgraceful capl-
t0iatIon with the enemy, containing no
consolatory stipulation that the said
garrison and army sb~uld march out OF
the said fort of Detroit with the hoDorS
of war; 10 Just and humane stipulation
for the security and protect OF such
Of thc inh.bitants of the said British pro-
vince of Upper CsDada as had accepted
the said brigAdier general VIM. Hulfs
Invitation TO Join the American standard;
nor any reasonable stipulation tor an op.
pertunits of reporting to the secretary
for the department OF war the clrcum-
stances OF 40 unexpected and so impor.
tant an event; and did then and there
shamefuliy abandon, surrender, snd give
ss the said fort Of Detroit, together With
ell the troops, regulars aS~ell as n'iil-
tss. then and there under his command
as aforesaid, zud all the public stores
aud arms, and all the public documents,
including every thing else OF pnohc
nature belonging unto The said tort OF
Detroit, and to the said north western
army OF the said United States, then and
there under his command as aforesaid,
TO the said approaching enemy, to wit
TO the British forces under the command
of major general Brock, without any
cause for so doing arising from the su.
perior numbers, state and condition OF
the said British forces or from the &C
tuai want, or just expectation of sudden
want of arms, ammunition, and proyi-