QUEENSTOWN, ONTARIO
\kwˈiːnzta͡ʊn], \kwˈiːnztaʊn], \k_w_ˈiː_n_z_t_aʊ_n]\
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General Van Rensselaer, in command of the American troops on the Niagara frontier, mustered nearly 6000 men at or near Lewiston. On the night of October 12, 1812, he sent over about 1000 men to attack Queenstown preparatory to a further invasion of Canada. General Brock, the capturer of Detroit, in person commanded the British forces, but was killed early in the action. The rest of the American troops refused to cross the river, and the attacking party, overpowered by numbers, was compelled to surrender. The American loss in killed and wounded was 190, in prisoners 900; the British lost about 130 killed, wounded and prisoners.
By John Franklin Jameson
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