On the 31th of July, 1813
To the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Liverpool
Your Excellency,
Let me thank you once again to have granted me command !
On the Great Lake, we must still put up with Sir Prevost reckless decision. I just learnt that he organised a landing on Fort Niagara from Fort Detroit, supposedly to cut the supply source of the American force in Erie and Burlington. Expectedly, this was a major failure.
[I forget to mention this in my previous post, because I usually don't check ship movement too much - they are rarely interesting - and thus overlooked that order]
It is only thanks to Tecumseh leadership that we avoided more losses.
While York has been protected, this was at the cost of an unbearable loss of human life :
["Yes", not "yet"]
Fianlly, the enemy is still gathering more forces on the Mohawk.
Let me show you the situation, the
real situation :
I must also inform you that the Sauk village - from which Tecumseh comes - is under siege :
We have been informed that the Americans have been stockpiling matches for months now.
As you can understand, the Americans took Fort Saint Regis, and are now moving toward La Colle.
La Colle is well-protected, so I don't believe any assault would succeed. It could still be sieged, though, and to avoid this I am going to send guns and supplies by bateaux. With these supplies, our forces should outlast the Americans.
As for me, I am going to lead an expedition to take Plattsburgh. This way, the Americans will be completely cut from any supplies, and will disappear from the map without any combat !
As you can see, the drawback of the plan is that Montréal will have a small - but effective - garrison for one turn. Fear not, for the troops you have sent us have arrived in Québec and will be in Montréal before the end of the month.
This plan cannot fail.
As for Sir Georges Prevost, I suppose he will retreat from Niagara after the failure of this landing. I don't see any other alternative than using the ships he came with.
I also suppose the force he regrouped in York will be enough to chase the Americans. I just hope he does not command them personally.
I also asked him to spare some cavalry to help the Indians protect their village. If he wants to keep the Natives goodwill (40% of his forces), he will have to do this.
I am confident I can bring the situation back to a satisfying level,
Yours sincerely,
Sir Isaac Brock
Small reminder for beginners
Artilley in garrison lower by 1 the "siege roll", so you have less chance to receive a breach or damage.
If the "siege roll" forces an immediate surrender on your force, having a non-empty supply unit has 95% of chance to cancel this roll, 100% if the garrison is stronger than the besiegers.