On August 9, 1812, a force of about 600 American troops, regulars and militia, moved down the River Road in an attempt to reach Frenchtown (Monroe) and bring back supplies desperately needed by the Americans in Detroit. Near the Indian village of Monguagon, at a point that cannot now be exactly located, American scouts encountered a British and Indian force of about 400 men led by Capt. Adam Muir and Tecumseh, blocking the road south. Lieut. Col. James Miller quickly brought up his Americans and, in a running battle, drove the enemy back through present-day Trenton until the British pulled back across the river into Canada. Losses were heavy, and although this was the only battle won by the Americans in Michigan during the War of 1812, it was followed a week later by Hull's surrender of Detroit.