Battle of Lundy’s Lane

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The Battle of Lundy’s Lane was one of the bloodiest and most hard-fought engagements of the War of 1812, fought near Niagara Falls between British-Canadian forces and the United States in July 1814.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane (The Battle of Lundy’s Lane was one of the bloodiest and most hard-fought engagements of the War of 1812, fought near Niagara Falls between British-Canadian forces and the United States in July 1814.)

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Niagara ⓘ
artilleryImportance control of the central hilltop guns was crucial to the battle ⓘ
belligerent British Army ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
First Nations allies of the British ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
BritishCanadianCasualtiesApproximate about 800 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
BritishCommanderWounded Gordon Drummond was wounded in the battle ⓘ
BritishForcesType British regular infantry ⓘ
Canadian militia units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
casualties one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812 ⓘ
commander Eleazar W. Ripley ⓘ
Gordon Drummond ⓘ
Jacob Brown ⓘ
Phineas Riall ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryAtTime British colony of Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Upper Canada
date 25 July 1814 ⓘ
endDate 25 July 1814 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Fort Erie ⓘ
location Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
near Niagara Falls ⓘ
present-day Ontario, Canada ⓘ
notableFeature intense close-range artillery and musket fire ⓘ
repeated charges over a hilltop artillery position ⓘ
outcome U.S. forces withdrew to Fort Erie ⓘ
partOf Niagara campaign of 1814 ⓘ
precededBy capture of Fort Erie by U.S. forces in July 1814 ⓘ
result strategic British-Canadian advantage ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance considered one of the hardest-fought battles of the War of 1812 ⓘ
halted the American advance into Upper Canada in 1814 ⓘ
startDate 25 July 1814 ⓘ
strategicObjective control of the Niagara peninsula ⓘ
terrain ridge near Niagara Falls with road and cemetery ⓘ
timeOfDay fought largely in the evening and at night ⓘ
USCasualtiesApproximate about 850 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
USCommanderWounded Jacob Brown was wounded in the battle ⓘ
Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle ⓘ
USForcesType American militia units ⓘ
United States Army regulars ⓘ

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War of 1812 → battle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Battle of Queenston Heights → campaign → Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 ⓘ
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Battle of Lundy’s Lane → partOf → Niagara campaign of 1814 ⓘ
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Battle of Lundy’s Lane → location → Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
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Battle of Lundy’s Lane → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Niagara ⓘ
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19th Light Dragoons → notableBattle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Defence of Upper Canada → hasPart → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
subject linked to: defence of Upper Canada
Jacob Brown → battle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Winfield Scott → woundedIn → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Siege of Fort Erie → relatedCampaign → Lundy’s Lane campaign ⓘ
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Gordon Drummond → notableBattle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Peter B. Porter → notableWork → Leadership in the Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
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Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 → hasPart → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Battle of Chippawa → followedBy → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Thomas Jesup → participatedIn → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
17th Infantry Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ