De Peyster to Haldimand.] The Fight at Sandusky.
On the fourth of June Crawford's troops reached one of the Wyandot towns.

It was found to be deserted; and the army marched on to try and find the others.

Late in the afternoon, in the midst of the plains, near a cranberry marsh, they encountered Caldwell and his Detroit rangers, together with about two hundred Delawares, Wyandots, and lake Indians.
[Footnote: _Do_.

Official report of Lt.

John Turney of the rangers, June 7, 1782.] The British and Indians united certainly did not much exceed three hundred men; but they were hourly expecting reinforcements, and decided to give battle.