Battle of Frenchman's Creek

Battle of Frenchman's Creek
Part of the War of 1812

Memorial at Frenchman's Creek, National Historic Site of Canada
DateNovember 28, 1812
Location
Frenchman's Creek, in present day Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Result American victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United Kingdom
 Upper Canada		  United States
Commanders and leaders
Cecil Bisshopp Alexander Smyth
Strength
c. 650[1] 770[2][3]
Casualties and losses
13 killed;
44 wounded;
34 captured[4][5]		 24 killed;
55 (known) wounded;
39 captured[6][7][8]

42°56′32″N 78°55′35″W / 42.94227°N 78.92645°W / 42.94227; -78.92645

The Battle of Frenchman's Creek took place during the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States in the early hours of November 28, 1812, in the Crown Colony of Upper Canada, near the Niagara River. The operation was conceived as a raid to prepare the ground for a larger American invasion. The Americans succeeded in crossing the Niagara and landing at both of their points of attack. They achieved one of their two objectives before withdrawing but the invasion was subsequently called off, rendering useless what had been accomplished. The engagement was named, "the Battle of Frenchman's Creek"[9] by the Canadians, after the location of some of the severest fighting. To contemporary Americans, it was known as, "the Affair opposite Black Rock".[6]

The battle site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1921.[10]

  1. ^ James, p. 110, for the units, commanders and dispositions. Cruikshank, Index, pp. ii, xi, for first names of Bartley, Bostwick and Lamont. Malcomson, p. 163, for McIntyre's first name and the correct spelling of his surname.
  2. ^ Cruikshank, p. 260 for composition of force. Cruikshank, Index, p. i, for Angus's first name.
  3. ^ Cruikshank, p. 288.
  4. ^ Cruikshank, p. 230.
  5. ^ Cruikshank, p. 268.
  6. ^ a b Eaton, p. 6.
  7. ^ Cruikshank, p. 285.
  8. ^ Cruikshank, p. 280.
  9. ^ Zaslow, p. 229.
  10. ^ "Frenchman's Creek National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2024.