16, 1812.
Rejoice at my good fortune, and join me in prayers to Heaven.
I send you a copy of my hasty note to Sir George.
[Here follows his short dispatch of that day.

See page 247.] Let me hear that you are all united and happy.
_Major-General Brock to his Brothers._ LAKE ONTARIO, September 3, 1812.
You will have heard of the complete success which attended the efforts I directed against Detroit.

I have received so many letters from people whose opinion I value, expressive of their admiration of the exploit, that I begin to attach to it more importance than I was at first inclined.

Should the affair be viewed in England in the light it is here, I cannot fail of meeting reward, and escaping the horror of being placed high on a shelf, never to be taken down.
Some say that nothing could be more desperate than the measure; but I answer, that the state of the province admitted of nothing but desperate remedies.

I got possession of the letters my antagonist addressed to the secretary at war, and also of the sentiments which hundreds of his army uttered to their friends.