Battle of the Maumee Rapids

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The Battle of the Maumee Rapids, better known as the Battle of Fallen Timbers, was a decisive 1794 clash near present-day Toledo, Ohio, in which U.S. forces under General Anthony Wayne defeated a confederation of Native American tribes allied with the British, effectively ending major hostilities in the Northwest Indian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military conflict
alsoKnownAs Battle of Fallen Timbers
associatedFort Fort Haldimand
surface form: Fort Miamis (British)
belligerent British Empire
surface form: British Empire (supporting role)

Native American confederation
United States of America
surface form: United States
BritishAction refused to open the gates of Fort Miamis to retreating Native warriors
BritishRole provided support and refuge to Native American forces
campaign Anthony Wayne's 1794 campaign into the Maumee Valley
combatantTribe Ojibwe
surface form: Chippewa (Ojibwe)

Delaware (Lenape)
Miami
Ottawa
Potawatomi
Shawnee
Wyandot
commander Anthony Wayne
Blue Jacket
Little Turtle
Shawnee warriors
surface form: Tecumseh (warrior participant, not overall commander)
commandingOfficerOfUSForces Anthony Wayne
conflict Northwest Indian War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1794-08-20
followedBy Jay Treaty
Treaty of Greenville
location Maumee River
near present-day Toledo, Ohio
memorial Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site
modernSite near Maumee, Ohio
near Toledo, Ohio
partOf Northwest Indian War
precededBy Harmar's Campaign, 1790
surface form: Harmar's Defeat

Battle of the Wabash
surface form: St. Clair's Defeat
region Great Lakes region
result decisive United States victory
significance broke Native American resistance to U.S. expansion in the Northwest Territory
effectively ended major hostilities in the Northwest Indian War
led to large land cessions by Native American tribes in the Ohio Country
tacticalFeature fighting took place in an area of trees felled by a storm (fallen timbers)
territorialContext Northwest Territory
theater Ohio Country
USCommanderRank Major General
USForceName Legion of the United States
USObjective avenge earlier U.S. defeats in the Northwest Indian War
secure control of the Northwest Territory
year 1794

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Battle of Fallen Timbers alsoKnownAs Battle of the Maumee Rapids
Legion of the United States engagement Battle of the Maumee Rapids
this entity surface form: Battle of the Maumee Rapids (Fallen Timbers)