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| Battle of Fort Ontario | |||||||
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| Part of the War of 1812 | |||||||
&sq=Pentagon&lang=en&file=File:Battle_of_Fort_Oswego,_1814_RCIN_735185.4.a.jpg) The attack on Fort Ontario, 1814. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Lucas Yeo Karl Viktor Fischer William Mulcaster | George Mitchell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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550 soldiers 400 marines[1] 200 sailors 8 warships |
242 regulars 25 U.S. Navy 200 militia[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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17-18 killed 63-69 wounded Total: 80-87[3][4] |
6-21 killed 38 wounded 25-60 captured Total: 69-119[5][6][7] | ||||||
The Battle of Fort Ontario was a partially successful British raid on Fort Ontario and the village of Oswego, New York on May 6, 1814 during the War of 1812.
- ^ Letter from General Drummond to Sir George Prevost dated 3 May 1814, citing a land forces strength of 24 Artillerymen, 20 Sappers, 450 De Wattevilles, 50 Glengarry Light Infantry, along with 9 Marine rocketeers and 350 men of the 2nd (Royal Marines) Battalion, in addition to the Sailors and Marines of the Lake Ontario squadron [1]
- ^ Johnston, p.139
- ^ Wood, p.59
- ^ Wood, pp.64-65
- ^ Quimby, p.509
- ^ Cruikshank, p.336
- ^ Johnston, p.142
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