The Battle of The Thames, Canada was a final stand made by General Procter and Tecumtha, when pursued by General Harrison in the War of 1812. The position chosen was poor and very favourable to the American advance. On October the 5th, 1813, Harrison with 3000 men attacked and by a vigorous charge of cavalry under Colonel Johnson drove the British in great confusion from the field. Tecumtha was slain and General Procter himself barely escaped capture. This defeat ended his disgraceful career. The Americans lost forty-five and the British forty-eight, besides thirty-three Indians; 477 prisoners were captured. The results of the battle were: The Indian Northwestern Confederacy was destroyed; the British power in Upper Canada was broken, and practically all that had been lost by General Hull at Detroit was regained. Research Battle of The Thames
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