Miller Worsley, RN-- Part 2: Defending the HMS Nancy

After the Raid on Fort Oswego, Worsley was appointed to head up the British naval detachment on Lake Huron, which actually only consisted of a small ship named the Nancy.  Worsley made his way overland to the base at Nottawasago Bay in July and took command of the only British naval vessel on the lake, the Nancy.

Conditions of the British garrison at Fort Mackinac were getting serious and Worsley needed to go to its aid with supplies and munitions.  But, there was a larger American force lying off the coast.  Knowing that the Americans would try to destroy the Nancy, Worsley tried to hide the ship by towing it upriver.

To protect the ship, he had a force of 22 sailors, 9 French voyageurs and 23 Indians.

--Brock-Perry

USS Tigress-- Part 2: Battle of the Thames and Mackinac Island

After the Battle of Lake Erie, the Americans took advantage of their new superiority captured Fort Malden and Detroit.  The Tigress, Scorpion and Porcupine, under command of Lt. Jesse Elliott went up the Thames River to support U.S. troops under General William Henry Harrison and the victory at the Battle of the Thames in which Indian warrior chief Tecumseh was killed.

Then the Tigress was sent to Lake Huron where it blockaded the mouth of the Nottawasaga River, the sole supply source for the British garrison on Mackinac Island.  By early September, the situation for the British on the island was dire.  Something had to be done.

It was under the command of Stephen Champlin.

Brock-Perry