October 5, 1813

Americans defeated the British at the Battle of the Thames.

A numerically superior American army led by General William Henry Harrison caught a combined British and Native American force retreating from Detroit at a place along the Thames River near present-day Chatham, Ontario. The Americans won an overwhelming victory that left Native American leader Tecumseh dead.

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