The Nineteenth and Their Times Being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army That Have Borne the Number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in Which They Served

CHAPTER XI

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WAR WITH UNITED STATES--1808-1813

19th in Ireland--United States declare War--19th ordered to Canada--United States’ plans--Operations of 1812--Mackinaw--Detroit--Armistice--Battle of Queenston Heights--General Brock killed--Montreal threatened--Operations of 1813--Proctor’s victory at Frenchtown--Fort Meigs--United States’ victory on Lake Erie--Battle of the Thames; Proctor’s defeat--York captured--Fort George and Erie evacuated--Stoney Creek: Harvey’s brilliant exploit--Fitzgibbon’s success at Beaver Dam--Arrival of squadron of 19th on Niagara frontier--Engagement on Lake Ontario--Fort George re-occupied--Fort Niagara surprised--Black Rock and Buffalo captured--Abortive attack on Sackett’s Harbour--United States’ operations against Montreal--Battle of Chateaugay--Battle of Chrystler’s Farm--Importance of Kingston and Sackett’s Harbour 172