Everything I’ve read about Proctor indicates he was not well respected despite promotions. To be as fair as possible, I’d have to say that he was an average leader working with limited resources. At Frenchtown the majority of his troops appear to have been natives and not great at following orders.
I’m afraid “book learnin” is about all there is at this point because not to many of his personal friends are available for questions.
A more complete history of Proctor.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/henry-procter-proctor
LOL, that wasn't my point. I had never heard of the man before, so I googled him.
I should have added the link to Wiki where I also found the Pierre Burton quote you posted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Procter_%28British_Army_officer%29
He is best known as the commander who was decisively defeated in 1813 by the Americans and left western Ontario in American hands. Procter is regarded by many as an inept leader who relied heavily on textbook procedure. His "going by the book" is attributed to his lack of any combat experience before coming to Canada.