Battle of Fort Erie (1866)
Skirmish during the Fenian Raids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Fort Erie was a surrounding and forcing of the Fenian armies surrender following a skirmish near Fort Erie and the farther away Battle of Ridgeway on June 2, 1866. The Fenian force, withdrawing from Ridgeway, met a small force of Canadian militia at Fort Erie, then known as the village of Waterloo.
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Battle of Fort Erie | |||||||
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Part of Fenian Raids | |||||||
A Canadian map of the raid. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Fenian Brotherhood | Province of Canada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John O'Neill | John Stoughton Dennis | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
400 (estimate) | 79 (5,000 later) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8–10 wounded |
3-4 dead; 16 wounded 54 captured |
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