Battle of Fayal

Battle of Fayal
Part of the War of 1812
General Armstrong fighting British forces off Fayal
Date September 26–27, 1814 Location Faial, Azores, Portuguese Empire Result American victory; British attacks repulsed American brig scuttled to prevent capture
Belligerents
United States	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Chester Reid	Robert Loyd William Matterface  †
Strength
Land: 3 artillery pieces 1 shore battery Sea: 1 brig 90 men	1 brig-sloop 12 armed boats 400 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marine infantry
Casualties and losses
2 killed 7 wounded 1 brig scuttled Total: 9	36 killed 93 wounded 2 armed boats sunk 2 armed boats captured 1 brig-sloop damaged Total: 129

The Battle of Fayal^[1] was a naval engagement between the United States and the United Kingdom fought in September 1814 during the War of 1812 in the Portuguese city of Horta, Faial,^[a] in the Azores. Three British warships and several boats filled with sailors and marines under assignment for the Louisiana Campaign attacked an American privateer in port. After repulsing two attacks from British troops and sailors, killing one of their commanders, the Americans won a tactical victory and scuttled their ship the following morning to prevent its capture.^[2][3]

The battle took place within the Portuguese Empire, a non-belligerent trading partner of the United States during the war. British forces attempted to make a landing after being repulsed by American forces, but the Portuguese governor and American consul resident on Faial prevented this from happening and the Royal Navy ultimately sailed away to continue its assignment against New Orleans.^[4]

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