He also developed a new tactical system for his troops. Whenever a group of them encountered the enemy, they would dismount, take cover and hold the enemy in place. All groups of his men not in contact with the enemy would then ride as quickly as possible to the sound of firing, dismount and surround the enemy.
Between May and September 1813, they raided throughout the Northwest, burning war supplies in Indian villages and surrounding Indian warriors and either killing and scattering them.
In September 1813, the Battle of Lake Erie took place and afterwards the Americans had control of Lake Erie. The British Army was at Fort Malden (now Amherstville, Ontario) and out of supplies and cut off.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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