Battle of the Maumee Rapids

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The Battle of the Maumee Rapids, better known as the Battle of Fallen Timbers, was a decisive 1794 clash near present-day Toledo, Ohio, in which U.S. forces under General Anthony Wayne defeated a confederation of Native American tribes allied with the British, effectively ending major hostilities in the Northwest Indian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
associatedFort Fort Miamis (British) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Haldimand
belligerent British Empire (supporting role) ⓘ
linked to: British Empire

Native American confederation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
BritishAction refused to open the gates of Fort Miamis to retreating Native warriors ⓘ
BritishRole provided support and refuge to Native American forces ⓘ
campaign Anthony Wayne's 1794 campaign into the Maumee Valley ⓘ
combatantTribe Chippewa (Ojibwe) ⓘ
linked to: Ojibwe

Delaware (Lenape) ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
commander Anthony Wayne ⓘ
Blue Jacket ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
Tecumseh (warrior participant, not overall commander) ⓘ
linked to: Shawnee warriors
commandingOfficerOfUSForces Anthony Wayne ⓘ
conflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1794-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy Jay Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
location Maumee River ⓘ
near present-day Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
memorial Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site ⓘ
modernSite near Maumee, Ohio ⓘ
near Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
partOf Northwest Indian War ⓘ
precededBy Harmar's Defeat ⓘ
St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ
region Great Lakes region ⓘ
result decisive United States victory ⓘ
significance broke Native American resistance to U.S. expansion in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
effectively ended major hostilities in the Northwest Indian War ⓘ
led to large land cessions by Native American tribes in the Ohio Country ⓘ
tacticalFeature fighting took place in an area of trees felled by a storm (fallen timbers) ⓘ
territorialContext Northwest Territory ⓘ
theater Ohio Country ⓘ
USCommanderRank Major General ⓘ
USForceName Legion of the United States ⓘ
USObjective avenge earlier U.S. defeats in the Northwest Indian War ⓘ
secure control of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
year 1794 ⓘ

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Battle of Fallen Timbers → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Maumee Rapids ⓘ
Legion of the United States → engagement → Battle of the Maumee Rapids (Fallen Timbers) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Maumee Rapids