From the diary of Thomas McCrae

(from The Documentary History of the Campaign Upon the Niagara Frontier, p. 180)

Raleigh, Thursday, 30th Sept., 1813.

This morning still raining and rained all day. The roads are most shockingly bad. The people from Malden are all flocking up on their way, through the Americans having taking possession of Malden on Monday last.

Re-enacting the retreat up the Thames River

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