The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-14

said United States uDder the command of
! the said Brigadier General William Hull
and the said American settlement and
military post at the SAID river Il asin, in the
| territory of Michigan aforesaid. and me-
giecting to furnish and forward, OF cause To
le furnished aud forwarded, the SAID last
! mentioned detachment at or near Browns
town, IN the said territory Of Michigan, on
| its march aforesaid, upon the service afore-
said, an adequate supply of provisions (the
! said Brig. Gen. William Hull having sufi-
| cient cause to know or to believe that the
said last mentioned detachment was at OF
near Brow nstcwn aforesaid, on its march
! aforesaid, upon the service aforesaid. in
want OF proviliops, and that they could moi
prosecute and accomplish the said service
unless an adequate supply of provisions as
furnished and forw arded to them at or EAR
Brownstown Aforesaid y and, also by after
| wards, tn wit on the fourteenth day of Au-
gust, IN the year aforesaid, delaching Col.
Duncan M'Arthur. Colonel of a regiment of
Ohio volunteers, and Colonel Lewis Cass.
Colonel OF another regiment of Ohio Volun-
teers, with the number or about the number
OF four hundred men, as well to attempt a.
gain to open the said communication be-
~een the said fort Detroit and the said ar
ny OF the said United States, under the
>smmand of the said bTigadier general Will
lam HUI as aforesaid, and the said Anne
| iran settlement and military post at the
''vcr Kaisn aforesaid, in the territory of
Michigan aforesaid, as to escort certain pro-
yisiOns from the said American settlement
and military post to Detroit aforesaid, with
ut issuing, furnishing and forwarding, or
causing To be issued, furnished and torwar
led to the said last men toned deta Chment
| IN adequate supply of provisions for the
| service on which they were employed as a =
foressid, (the said brigad er general William
Hull having sufficient cause 10 know or to
believe that the said last mentioned zach
nent as in want of further supply of
provisions upon the service aforesaid, and
that they could not prosecute and accom-
plish the said service unless such further
supply was i7sued, furnished and forwarded
70 them) wheceby the said detachment un.
der the said major Thomas 3. Van Horne
being encountered by the enemy with SUI
perior force was defeated. and returned to
Detroit aforesaid, without accomplishing
the service on hich they were employed as
aforesaid the said detachment under the
said lieut.. col. James Miller, having ACHE
we'd signal victory over the enemy during
the march on the service aforesaid, at or
near Brownstown aforesaid, were neverthe.
less compelled. from the want of an ade-
quate supply of provisions to abandon the
service on. which they were employed as a
fDres#id, and TO return to Detroit afoTesa
the said detachment under the said colonel
Duncan Nj Arthur and the said ! mel
Lewis Cass, from want of an adequate SOP
plv OF provisions we're unable to prosecute
a d accomplish the service on which taey
were empl we'd as aforesaid, and were &c
tuTni to Detroit aforesaid, at the time If
{ abandonment and surrender Of the said
fort Detroit and the said army Of the said
u tied States to the British forces under
the command of M or gen Brock as afore-
said and finally, the said communication
betwe n the said Fort Detroit and the said
army If the United States, under the com
mand Of the said brigadier general William
Hull, and the said Americ an settlement and
military post at the SAID liver Raisin, in the
territory of Michigan Aforesaid, by reasons
OF the said neglects and omissions of the
said brigadier general William Hull as a
reeaid, " as and remained interrupted and
toaily cut off by the enemy, to wit from
the said first day of August, in the year a
toresaid, or from some o,her day in the said
month of August, or in the preceding month
OF July, in the year aforesaid, TO and inclu-
ding the said sixteenth day of August, in the
year aforesaid
SiEM Specification. And, also, in this -
That during the Continuance of the said
war, so as aforesaid carried on and prosecu-
ted, by and between the said United States
OF America and taeir territories, and the
said united kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland & the dependencies thereof. the said
brigader general William Hall, with the
said north western army of the said United
States under his command as aforesaid, ha-
wing invaded x entered the said British pro-
vince OF Upper Canada as aforesaid, and ha-
wing declared and avowed an intention and
design OF investing and attacking the said
British fort called Maiden, otherwise called
Amherstberg, III the said British province
OF Upper Canada, and detach nent of the
said artsy under his command aforesaid, led
by the SAID colonel Lewis Cass. and the said
lieut.. Col. James Miller, having attacked
and repulsed the enemy, and Sc ID upon
certain bridge over the river called the
river Aux Canard. on the route from Sand
wicb, ia the said British province of Upper
Canada, to the SAID ~itish fort called Nal
den. Otherwise called Amherstberg and An
opportunity having thereby been o red for
an Immediate Investment aud attack upon
the said British fort called Maiden, other
wise called Amherstberg, yet the said brig
general William IIull well knowing the
premises and unmindful Of the trust reposed
m him. TO wit n or about the eighteenth
day oil July, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and welve aforesaid, at Sandwich
aforesaid, IN ,he British province Of Upper
canada aiorCsaid was gully o. neglect
OF duty and unuficeriike conduct, BY Oc-
glectlhG aud emitting TO advance With the
sac army unIor lie command q "a F,rassiJ