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and always do more than he did,) about one hour by sun we marchd & fell in the rear of the [foot] about 8 miles thru a thick settled country of fine farms & Houses on the bank of Detroit River [?] lake St. Clair the foot then Halted & we took the front and after marching about twenty miles up the border of Lake St. Clair over a fine level sandy road, we were met by six deserters who informed us that Genl Proctor and his army with Gnl Tecumsseh & twelve hundred Indians were about 15 miles above the mouth of the River Trench or Thames that they had left him about one oClock onyesterday. it was near sunset when we got this information but it infused new life into our Regiment and we marchd on four miles farther & [illegible] in a skirt of Woods between the Lake of [Prararie?] below the mouth of a large Creek with five or six good Houses and farms in sight 24 miles above Sandwich the foot troops encampt immediately in our rear in two long lines on the borders of teh Lake -- Great exertions were made by the whole army to overtake the British and Indians, three schooners loaded with provisions & about fifty boats accompanied us with a fine breeze in their rear two of our large ships had passed us the day before & had anchord at the mouth of the River Thames so that Providence seems to aid