Reinforcement Work

Reinforcement Work. . Anthony Wayne defeated the Indian Confederation at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. The retreating Indians were locked out of Fort Miamis by their British allies. Wayne noted the artillery mounted at the British Fort. Upon returning to Fort Defiance, he ordered Major Henry Burbeck to strengthen the garrison to withstand artillery rounds. A parapet, an earthen wall ten feet thick, sloping upward six feet from the ditch to the pickets, was placed outside the picket walls and around blockhouses. It was supported by a log wall on the side of the ditch and by fascines or fagots (bundles of sticks). A ditch, six teen feet wide and eight feet deep, surrounded the garrison except on the side toward the Auglaize River. sharpened diagonal pickets, set one foot apart projected over the ditch. A parapet and abatis were used to protect the Auglaize River side. At the point, two lines of pickets converged toward a ditch eight feet deep from which river water was procured. Within the fort were officers quarters, a bake oven, and a powder magazine. . This historical marker is in Defiance in Defiance County Ohio