About 10 o’clock A.M.
Colonel Starr , in command of the Kentucky and Indiana troops , proceeded through the town of Fort Erie to the old Fort , some three miles distant up the river , and occupied it for a short time , hoisting the Irish flag . O'Neill then waited on the Reeve of Fort Erie , and requested him to see some of the citizens of the place , and have them furnish rations for the men , at the same time assuring him that no depredations on the citizens would be permitted , as he had come to drive out British authority from the soil , and not for the purpose of pillaging the citizens . The request for provisions was cheerfully complied with . About 10 o'clock A.M. , he moved into camp on Newbiggin 's Farm , situated on Frenchman 's Creek , four miles down the river from Fort Erie , where he remained till 10 o'clock P.M. . During the afternoon , Capt. Donohue , of the 18th , while out in command of a foraging party , on the road leading to Chippewa , came up with the enemy 's scouts , who fled at his approach . Later in the afternoon , Col. Hoy was sent with one hundred men in the same road . He also came up with some scouts about six miles from camp .