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The Pros And Cons Of Brigadier Isaac Brock

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Logic dictates that 2,000 soldiers behind a strong, defensive force will have a huge advantage against being overcome by a force 1,300 hodgepodge group of Regulars, Militias, and warriors. No sane commander would surrender with that huge advantage, right? Brigadier Isaac Brock, using deception as his primary weapon, was able to overcome those odds and manage to deceive William Hull to surrender Fort Detroit. Brock understands that a force containing 200 Regulars would not be intermediating. Knowing that he will not get any other Regulars, Brock tricks Hull into believe he has larger numbers of Regulars than actuality by dressing up 400 Militia men in British uniforms to project an intermediating image. Isaac Brock was tasked to capture Fort

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