Siege of Fort Erie

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The Siege of Fort Erie was a major 1814 engagement of the War of 1812 in which American forces defended a captured British fort in Upper Canada against a prolonged British siege.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the War of 1812
military siege
alsoKnownAs Siege of Fort Erie
surface form: Siege of Fort-Erie
artilleryUsedBy United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
belligerent British Army
Canadian militia
Native American allies of Britain
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

United States Army
casualties heavy on both sides
combatantsStrength several thousand troops on each side
combatType land battle
commander Edmund P. Gaines
Gordon Drummond
Jacob Brown
Peter B. Porter
Phineas Riall
conflict War of 1812
countryAtTime Upper Canada
endDate 1814-09-21
followedBy American withdrawal from Fort Erie
fortification Fort Erie, Ontario
surface form: Fort Erie
historicalEra Napoleonic era
location Fort Erie, Ontario
surface form: Fort Erie, Upper Canada

Niagara River
notableEvent British assault of 15 August 1814
Sortie from Fort Erie on 17 September 1814
partOf Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
surface form: Niagara campaign of 1814
precededBy Siege of Fort Erie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Capture of Fort Erie (1814)
presentDayLocation Ontario
surface form: Ontario, Canada
primaryObjectiveOfAmericans hold Fort Erie as a bridgehead in Upper Canada
primaryObjectiveOfBritish recapture Fort Erie from American forces
relatedCampaign Battle of Lundy’s Lane
surface form: Lundy’s Lane campaign
result American defensive victory
British siege lifted
Subsequent American evacuation and destruction of Fort Erie
significance demonstrated improved effectiveness of the United States Army
last major engagement on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812
startDate 1814-08-04
tactics artillery bombardment
siege operations
sortie
trench warfare
theatre Niagara Frontier
surface form: Niagara frontier
year 1814

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Battle of Lundy’s Lane followedBy Siege of Fort Erie
William Jenkins Worth participantIn Siege of Fort Erie
defence of Upper Canada hasPart Siege of Fort Erie
subject surface form: Defence of Upper Canada
Siege of Fort Erie precededBy Siege of Fort Erie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Capture of Fort Erie (1814)
Siege of Fort Erie alsoKnownAs Siege of Fort Erie
this entity surface form: Siege of Fort-Erie
Gordon Drummond notableBattle Siege of Fort Erie