about
ten o’clock P.M.
FOR HE WOULD NEVER HAVE SURRENDERED . Many of the men had not a mouthful to eat since Friday morning , and none of them had eaten anything since the night before , and all after marching forty miles and fighting two battles , though the last could only properly be called a skirmish . They were completely worn out with hunger and fatigue . On receiving information that no crossing had been effected elsewhere , he sent word to have transportation furnished immediately ; and about ten o'clock P.M. Capt. Hynes came from Buffalo and informed him that arrangements had been made to recross the river . Previous to this time some of the officers and men , realizing the danger of their position , availed themselves of small boats and recrossed the river , but the greater portion remained until the transportation arrived , which was about 12 o'clock on the night of June 2 , and about 2 o'clock A.M. on the morning of the 3d , all except a few wounded men were safely on board a large scow attached to a tug boat which hauled into American waters . Here they were hailed by the tug Harrison , belonging to the U.S. steamer Michigan , having on board one 12-pounder pivot gun , which fired across their bows and threatened to sink them unless they hauled to and surrendered . With this request they complied ; not because they feared the 12-pounder , or the still more powerful guns of the Michigan , which lay close by , but because they respected the authority of the United States , in defence of which many of them had fought and bled during the late war .