Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Fallen Timbers, BATTLE
OF. On the morning of August 20, 1794,
General Wayne, on his
campaign in the Indian wilderness, advanced with his whole army from
his camp at Roche de Bout, at the head of the
Maumee Rapids,
according to a plan of march prepared by his young aide-de-camp,
Lieutenant William Henry Harrison. He had proceeded about 5 miles,
when they were smitten with a terrible volley of bullets from a
concealed foe, and compelled to fall back. They were on the borders
of a vast prairie, at a dense wood, in which a tornado had
prostrated many trees, making the movements of mounted men very
difficult, and forming an excellent cover for the foe, who were
composed of Canadians and Indians, 2,000 in number, posted on their
lines within supporting distance of each other. But Wayne's troops
fell upon them with fearful energy, and made them flee towards the
British Fort Miami, below, like a herd of frightened deer for cover.
In one hour the victory was complete. The fugitives left forty of
their number dead in the pathway of their flight. By the side of
each dead body lay a musket and bayonet from British armories. Wayne
lost in killed and wounded 133 men; the loss of his foes was not
ascertained. |
On the battleground, at the foot of the |
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