The Battle of Lundy's Lane: On the Niagara in 1814Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1993 - 342 páginas Brigadier General Winfield Scott, United States Army, regarded the red-coated infantry before him. He had not expected to find the British in strength on this side of the Niagara River. His small, isolated brigade now faced an apparently superior enemy and could not rely on immediate assistance from his divisional commander, Major General Jacob Brown. A lesser man would have been daunted, but Winfield Scott - six feet, five inches tall, deep-chested, stern-visaged, and twenty-eight years old - decided to attack. What followed was one of the bloodiest and most hard-fought military actions in North American history. For nearly five hours, American, British and Canadian soldiers struggled desperately into the night in a close range, vicious battle. As one participant recalled, it was "a conflict, obstinate beyond description." When dawn came, more than 1600 men lay dead or wounded. In his interpretation of a still controversial action, Donald E. Graves fills in the planning and operational background of the Niagara campaign of 1814 - one of the most bitterly contested of military operations of the War of 1812. He narrates the action at Lundy's Lane and provides a thorough examination of the weaponry, tactics, organization, and prominent personalities of the two opposing armies. In what is possibly the most detailed analysis of musket-period combat to appear in print, The Battle of Lundy's Lane will appeal to readers interested in the much-neglected War of 1812, American and Canadian local and regional history, and the development of the U.S. and Canadian armies. |
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... Americans were breaking up their camp at Flint Hill , he ordered a reconnais- sance sent out from Fort Niagara . When they reported nothing unusual , Riall requested the Indian leader , camped at the falls 54 The Battle of Lundy's Lane.
... Americans were breaking up their camp at Flint Hill , he ordered a reconnais- sance sent out from Fort Niagara . When they reported nothing unusual , Riall requested the Indian leader , camped at the falls 54 The Battle of Lundy's Lane.
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... requested permission to take his brigade alone to attack Burlington . Brown had refused , not wanting to divide his force , but Scott had repeated the request in writing that morning . Thus Scott was pleased when Brown told him to take ...
... requested permission to take his brigade alone to attack Burlington . Brown had refused , not wanting to divide his force , but Scott had repeated the request in writing that morning . Thus Scott was pleased when Brown told him to take ...
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... requested Major Roger Jones to ride to Brown and tell him that the British were in strength to his front and that he intended to advance . He then informed his regimental commanders of his intentions and made his dispositions . Jesup ...
... requested Major Roger Jones to ride to Brown and tell him that the British were in strength to his front and that he intended to advance . He then informed his regimental commanders of his intentions and made his dispositions . Jesup ...
Contenido
The Defenders of Upper Canada | 3 |
Opening Moves and Battle at Chippawa | 59 |
Move and CounterMove 624 July 1814 | 73 |
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Otras 14 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
1st Foot 25 July 8th Foot action American ammunition attack battalion bayonet BECHS British army British artillery British guns Brown to Armstrong Buffalo camp campaign Captain casualties Chauncey Chippawa column command Couteur Creek detachment Douglass Drummond to Prevost enemy Erie Facts field fighting fire flank force Fort Erie Fort George Fort Niagara Gardner Papers George Glengarry Light Infantry gunners Hercules Scott hill Hindman Hist Historical Society Ibid Incorporated Militia Indians Jacob Brown James Jesup John Journal June Lake Ontario LDOB Left Division Letter of Leavenworth Lieutenant Colonel Lundy's Lane Major marched Memoir Memoranda Merritt military Miller moved musket musketry Narrative Niagara Norton NYSL officers ordered Parker Papers portage road Porter position Queenston ranks Regiment returned Riall to Drummond Right Division Ripley Ripley's river Sackets Harbor Sketch soldiers Towson troops Twenty-Fifth United Upper Canada volley volunteers William Winfield Scott woods wounded York