Battle of Valcour Island

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The Battle of Valcour Island was a 1776 naval engagement on Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War, where a small American fleet under Benedict Arnold delayed a larger British force and helped prevent an immediate British advance from Canada.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Valcour Island (The Battle of Valcour Island was a 1776 naval engagement on Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War, where a small American fleet under Benedict Arnold delayed a larger British force and helped prevent an immediate British advance from Canada.)

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Battle of Valcour Island canonical 5
Battle of Valcour Bay 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Valcour Bay ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
casualties heavy American losses in ships ⓘ
lighter British casualties ⓘ
significant American killed, wounded, and captured ⓘ
combatant British Army detachments ⓘ
Continental Army detachments ⓘ
Continental Navy ⓘ
Provincial Marine ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: English navy
commander Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Guy Carleton ⓘ
Thomas Pringle ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country British America ⓘ
date October 11, 1776 ⓘ
followedBy British retreat to Canada for winter 1776–1777 ⓘ
Saratoga campaign ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated importance of control of Lake Champlain in the war ⓘ
example of a delaying action by an inferior naval force ⓘ
one of the first naval engagements of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
location Lake Champlain ⓘ
near Valcour Island, New York ⓘ
notableCommander Benedict Arnold as American naval commander ⓘ
outcome most of the American fleet destroyed or captured ⓘ
some American vessels escaped southward at night ⓘ
partOf Northern Theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy American invasion of Canada (1775–1776) ⓘ
result American strategic success ⓘ
British tactical victory ⓘ
shipTypeUsed galleys ⓘ
gondolas ⓘ
row galleys ⓘ
schooners ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to British decision to withdraw to Canada for the winter of 1776–1777 ⓘ
delayed British advance from Canada ⓘ
helped set conditions for the American victory at the Saratoga campaign in 1777 ⓘ
strength American fleet of about 15 vessels ⓘ
British fleet of about 25–30 vessels ⓘ
British numerical superiority in guns and tonnage ⓘ
tactics American fleet positioned in narrow channel between Valcour Island and the New York shore ⓘ
American nighttime withdrawal after initial engagement ⓘ
Benedict Arnold used geography to offset British superiority ⓘ
linked to: Benedict Arnold
theater Lake Champlain campaign ⓘ
year 1776 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benedict Arnold → battle → Battle of Valcour Island ⓘ
Lake Champlain → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Valcour Island ⓘ
Battle of Valcour Island → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Valcour Bay ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Valcour Island
Benedict Arnold → notableBattle → Battle of Valcour Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Continental Army generals