130 SIR ISAAC BROCK.
In freedom's cause the hero fell, —
His relics rest on glory's bed ;
Twice vanquished, let Columbia tell
How gallantly he fought and died. hafiz.
VERSES
ON THE DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL BROCK.
Low bending o'er the rugged bier The soldier drops the mournful tear, For life departed, valour driven, Fresh from the field of death to heaven.
But time shall fondly trace the name
Of Brock upon the scrolls of fame,
And those bright laurels, which should wave
Upon the brow of one so brave,
Shall flourish vernal o'er his grave. J. ii. r.
No. 7.
Extracts from "James Military Occurrences of the late War between Great Britain and the United States of America." — 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1818.
"Major-General Brock, the president of Upper Canada, was at York when the news of war reached him. He, with his accustomed alacrity, sent immediate notice of it to Lieut.-Colonel St. George, commanding a small detachment of troops at Amherstburg, and to Captain Roberts, commanding part of a company of the 10th R. V. battalion, at St. Joseph's. A second despatch to the last named officer contained the major-general's orders, that he should adopt the most prudent measures, either for offence or defence. Captain Roberts, accordingly, on the day succeeding the arrival of his orders, embarked with forty-five officers and men of the 10th royal veteran battalion, about one hundred and eighty Canadians, three hundred and ninety-three Indians, and two iron six pounders, to attack the American fort of Michilimacinac. This force reached the island on the following morning. A summons was immediately sent in j and the fort of Michilimacinac, with seven pieces of ordnance, and sixty-one officers and privates of the United States army, surrendered, by capitulation, without a drop of blood having been spilt. — Vol. I., pp. 56, 57.
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