On the 2nd of June, 1813
To Our King, George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
From Sir John Prevost, by your grace Governor General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of the English forces in the America,
My King,
I bring you definitive proof of Sir Isaac Brock incompetence, or more probably treachery.
I gave him clear orders : attack the enemy forces. I had given him an army, twice as numerous as the enemy force (which, I would like to remind you, is composed of undisciplined and unmotivated Americans, unable to hold a line). I gave him more guns that the USA has in their whole country, but still he managed to lose !
How could that be ? How is that even possible, without major incompetence ? Maybe Sir Isaac Brock wanted to lose ? More probably he is on the enemy payroll !
As soon as I will arrive at Montréal, I will have him arrest and court-martialed. I do not want him to command any British army ever again - but I know the Americans might have some use for him if I leave him free of his movements.
There is no other information, as this catastrophy dwarfs any other even that could happen. It seems, though, that the Americans are attacking in force in the Mohawk region :
I gave order to regroup to your forces near Détroit, but I think the Indians are harder than ever to control - why would they obey me if some other British officer don't, they ask :
I also concentrated the defenses in Oswego :
As for Montréal, I will take personal command, and attack again.
Your gracefully.
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On the 3th of June, 1813
To the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Liverpool
Your Excellency,
I feel compelled to explain my actions, lest they be misinterpreted by my treacherous rivals who would stop at NOTHING to discredit me. To be true, I was defeated at the Battle of Fort St Regis, but the orders given to me by Sir John Prevost (who, by the way, spent the entire battle at a coffeehouse in Prescott) left me absolutely no leeway to implement my own strategy and inevitably led to my retreat. In fact, I had concocted an alternative masterplan which I have no doubt would have succeded, if it weren't for that pesky Prevost. Given that I now expect Prevost to use this opportunity to relieve me of my command as soon as he arrives in Montréal, I will now set it in motion without further ado.
This plan involves forgoing to attack Mister Dearborn's army bluntly, for it is well entrenched and more motivated, and instead aiming at his poorly defended sources of supplies in La Colle. Once La Colle in our hands, he will be in a sticky situation (no pun intended), for he will have three choices, for which I am going to prepare in advance. Mister Dearborn could try to replace the supplies I am going to take him by going for Montréal, but I left there a significant force and he has no chance to win such a battle. He could also try to attack me and my fast force in La Colle, but we will receive supplies through the port and my force will be strong enough to repel an assault, thus neither a siege nor a assault from him would succeed. Finally, he could retreat South, in which case Montréal is saved !
I trust you understand the urgency of my actions, and thus understand that I could not defer to the habitual hierarchy,
Yours faithfully,
Long Live the King
Sir Isaac Brock