Battlefield of Fort George

Battlefield of Fort George is a National Historic Site of Canada in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

Ontario · Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario · location approximate

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THE BATTLE OF FORT GEORGE On 25 May, 1813, the American fleet and the batteries at Fort Niagara across the river began a devastating two-day bombardment of Fort George. On the 27th a large American force was landed and after a brief engagement in which his outnumbered garrison sustained heavy casualties, Brigadier-General John Vincent made an orderly withdrawal towards Burlington. The capture of Fort George left the Americans in control of the Niagara frontier; but Vincent's troops a week later won a decisive victory at Stoney Creek, preventing the Americans from gaining the whole peninsula.

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LA BATAILLE DE FORT GEORGE Le 25 mai 1813, la flotte américaine et les batteries du fort Niagara commencèrent à bombarder le fort George. Le 27, de nombreuses troupes américaines débarquèrent. Après un bref engagement, au cours duquel sa garnison, bien inférieure en nombre, subit de lourdes pertes, le brigadier-général John Vincent se replia sur Burlington. La capture du fort laissait les Américains maîtres de la région frontalière du Niagara. Une semaine plus tard, les troupes de Vincent remportèrent une victoire décisive à Stoney Creek, empêchant ainsi les Américains de prendre possession de toute la péninsule.

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BATTLEFIELD OF FORT GEORGE 27th May, 1813 Landing Place of Invading Troops Here was fought the Action on that day PRO PATRIA In memory of Lieutenant james Drummie, 8th Regiment, Captain Andrew Liddle and Ensign William McLean, Glengarry Light Infantry, and the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, 8th Regiment, 49th Regiment, Glengarry Light Infantry, royal Newfoundland Regiment and Lincoln Militia, killed in this battle.

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Battlefield of Fort George

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