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The War of 1812
The answer of Hull to the urgent demands of his officers for an immediate attack on Maiden, was what he considered the deficient condition of his artillery, a difficulty which finally seems to have been overcome, for on the 6 th of August he ordered an advance on Maiden, and on the 7th everything was in readiness, but information having been received from Generals Porter and Hall, then on the Niagara frontier, that British force had moved westward from that quarter, Hull, in face of the remonstrances of his officers, ordered his army to the American side of the river, which was accomplished after dark on the 8th} leaving only a small detachment of about 150 or 300 men in a stockade on the bank of the river, where they remained only two or three
days.
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