Hull's Landing 1812

On July 4, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull, commander of the North Western Army of the United States, landed near this site with about 2,000 men and issued a proclamation that he had come to liberate Canada from oppression. The British garrison at Amherstburg was too weak to oppose the invasion at first, but it later fought several skirmishes at the River Canard. After British reinforcements under Colonel Henry Proctor arrived on July 26, Hull withdrew to Detroit on August 7-8, leaving a small garrison near Sandwich that retired on August 11 as Major-General Isaac Brock approached.

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