Brown's report turns training, confusion, casualties, and command into an official claim of performance. British returns and officer reports measure the same battle from another chain of command.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, agreeably to a plan I had given general Porter, he advanced from the rear of our camp, with the volunteers and Indians (taking the woods in order to keep out of view of the enemy).
Historical wording and forms retained where stated.
Modernized reading
Brown reported ordering Porter's volunteers and Indigenous warriors to advance through the woods on the American left.
Plain-language reading; not a substitute for quotation.
Editorial method: One complete sentence is reproduced from the 1823 printed witness; capitalization is reduced.
Annotations
enemyBrown's report compresses British regulars, Canadian militia, and allied forces into one command category.
great forceA commander's qualitative estimate, not a verified strength return.
Witness and provenance
Creator
Jacob Brown
Witness used
Brown's report as printed in John Brannan's 1823 compilation, pages 368–370.
Repository or edition
Internet Archive
Collection
John Brannan, Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States
Identifier
Jacob Brown, Chippawa Plains, 7 July 1814, pp. 368–370
Transmission
Brown submitted the report through the War Department; Brannan printed it in 1823. The linked scan is the cited witness.
Rights
Public-domain military correspondence and printed edition.
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