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Ontario) and Montreal without any assistance. “There was a lot of saber rattling going on,” said John R. Grodzinski, a history professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, who specializes in the War of 1812.Yet despite its population advantage, the United States had only about 12,000 men in uniform, including “too many incompetent officers and too many raw, untrained recruits,” explained Donald R. Hickey, a history professor at Wayne State College and author of various books on the War of 1812. A number of other factors also favored Canada at the war’s outset. For one thing, the British controlled the Great Lakes and were therefore better able to move troops and supplies. Moreover, they received support from Canadians, who many Americans falsely believed would welcome them as liberators, and from Native American tribes worried about U.S. expansionism. “The USA was woefully unprepared,” Hickey said. “Plus, the logistical challenges of waging war on a distant frontier were daunting if not insuperable.”
When U.S. General William Hull assembled a force of about 2,000 men and led them to Detroit, the jumping-off point for an intended assault on nearby Fort Malden in Upper Canada, the British found out about his plans by seizing a schooner with his baggage and papers on it. To make matters worse for Hull, about 200 Ohio militiamen refused to go beyond American territory. The general nonetheless remained confident. On July 12, 1812, he took his men across the Detroit River and into Canada, where he immediately issued a written proclamation telling inhabitants that they would “be emancipated from tyranny and oppression.” “Had I any doubt of eventual success I might ask your assistance, but I do not,” Hull declared. “I come prepared for every contingency.”
These words proved immediately laughable. Hull briefly laid siege to Fort Malden but soon withdrew after warriors under the leadership of Shawnee chief Tecumseh intercepted his supply train. British commander Isaac Brock then chased the Americans back across the river and began launching cannon fire at Fort Detroit from the Canadian side. Brock arranged for a bogus document to reach the Americans that told of large numbers of Native Americans approaching Detroit.
Ontario) and Montreal without any assistance. “There was a lot of saber rattling going on,” said John R. Grodzinski, a history professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, who specializes in the War of 1812.Yet despite its population advantage, the United States had only about 12,000 men in uniform, including “too many incompetent officers and too many raw, untrained recruits,” explained Donald R. Hickey, a history professor at Wayne State College and author of various books on the War of 1812. A number of other factors also favored Canada at the war’s outset. For one thing, the British controlled the Great Lakes and were therefore better able to move troops and supplies. Moreover, they received support from Canadians, who many Americans falsely believed would welcome them as liberators, and from Native American tribes worried about U.S. expansionism. “The USA was woefully unprepared,” Hickey said. “Plus, the logistical challenges of waging war on a distant frontier were daunting if not insuperable.”
When U.S. General William Hull assembled a force of about 2,000 men and led them to Detroit, the jumping-off point for an intended assault on nearby Fort Malden in Upper Canada, the British found out about his plans by seizing a schooner with his baggage and papers on it. To make matters worse for Hull, about 200 Ohio militiamen refused to go beyond American territory. The general nonetheless remained confident. On July 12, 1812, he took his men across the Detroit River and into Canada, where he immediately issued a written proclamation telling inhabitants that they would “be emancipated from tyranny and oppression.” “Had I any doubt of eventual success I might ask your assistance, but I do not,” Hull declared. “I come prepared for every contingency.”
These words proved immediately laughable. Hull briefly laid siege to Fort Malden but soon withdrew after warriors under the leadership of Shawnee chief Tecumseh intercepted his supply train. British commander Isaac Brock then chased the Americans back across the river and began launching cannon fire at Fort Detroit from the Canadian side. Brock arranged for a bogus document to reach the Americans that told of large numbers of Native Americans approaching Detroit.
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hubertgunpowder
6 years ago
Hallo Al. Christmas Hugs: gewoon kopiëren en plakken. Copy and paste. That's all.
hubertgunpowder
6 years ago
♥♥ Christmas Hugs has started ♥♥ Send to everyone you care about and see how many hugs you get back. If you get 1-3 back, you are an o.k. friend. If you get 4-6 back, you’re a good friend. But if you get more, you are the best friend there is. Feel free to send in return if you consider me to be your friend(♥) Merry Christmas for all my precious friends all over the world. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Pisces
6 years ago
Hey Al I took down most of the girly pics lol. How are you doing? Your bg is rad! I have always had an interest in astronomy. Take care!
Heavens_Hitman
6 years ago
Vorsprung durch technik. That's the only German I know. I got that from Audi commercials. Yeah I know exactly what you mean. Microsoft spellcheck has destroyed my spelling. I used to spell very well, now after years of being on sites like these, I spell like an American, and have forgotten to spell correctly.
Heavens_Hitman
6 years ago
A failed entrepreneur yeah. Btw, you misspelled "entrepreneur". I'm a grammar Nazi......SIEG HEIL!!
waywardsmile
6 years ago
Lol....actually that was pretty witty and certainly justified if I hadn't written more to my first comment, but by now I'm sure you see that my original comment was cut short. And I suppose part of my heart IS in SF, but the majority is still here.
waywardsmile
6 years ago
OMG, it did it on your channel as well! I put the sideways arrow on my message to you under here, and it cut the whole rest of my message off, which was very witty. That first part sounds terrible. Now I feel stupid rewriting it. Ughhhhhh, maybe I will later. BTW, I just read what you wrote on Mark's channel about David. I think you're misinformed about David's intentions. There are some people that he banned for literally NO REASON AT ALL!! I suppose one could say I was banned because I took my avatar down in support of Alex, but so what? People take their avatars down all the time. I sent David a very nice pm explaining things, even praising his site, but it was his pride that took over, and "that" doesn't equal entrepreneurship, that's simply stupidity. It's like a fricken' ghost town over there now. No one is really 'talking', just a very SMALL handful (or not even that many) are trying to make conversation, but to no avail. Yes, there are the copy/paste folks and maybe two others who seem oblivious to no one being there anymore, because they didn't speak to that many people anyway. Even when curiosity gets the better of me and I decide to skip on over to take a peek, I can peek at EVERYONE in less than a minute. Also, there's a reason you haven't been banned, and it has nothing at all to do with donating. I'll tell you in a pm, or you may find out why you haven't been banned, by actually being banned.
waywardsmile
6 years ago
OH, I completely get why Els would call you a dick....I mean penis, lol
NightFright
6 years ago
Hello, My opinion is if you ran a website for the community for everyone it should be ran like YouTube . What YouTube is lacking is they destroyed their design they forgot the content creator's awhile back they sent me a survey asking me about that subject. David just wants what he wants and it's not working .
I was first there when it started and we had the horror clan. I donated $60.00 & I had trouble with haters. I got banned . A channel called Russellstudios made intros , banners , and promoted the website and David and Russell got into it bad he was banned and then the rest left. You can see the banner on my channel what we had. Your right without having freedom of speech or good people on a website you have and gain nothing . I guess when you talk to people for so long and then you get banned you then question yourself first where did my friend go? Then do you follow or stay behind? Going to another website?
NightFright
6 years ago
Heavens_Hitman
6 years ago
Cool bg. Still confused? lol
waywardsmile
6 years ago
Al!!! OMG….hahahahaha, get rid of one of these comment sections! Try to do it without saying any swear words. ~ No, my feature was supposed to sound like that. “Records” are back, didn’t you know? Hope you didn’t toss all yours. Nope, it’s a black wedding, and if I had to do it all over again, I may choose a black wedding dress. I quite like that. ~ So the kitchen design scan didn’t work, I see. What’s the color scheme?
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