Battle of Lundy’s Lane

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battle engagement of the War of 1812

The Battle of Lundy’s Lane was one of the bloodiest and most hard-fought engagements of the War of 1812, fought near Niagara Falls between British-Canadian forces and the United States in July 1814.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Lundy’s Lane canonical	7
Battle of Niagara	1
Lundy’s Lane	1
Lundy’s Lane campaign	1
Niagara campaign of 1814	1
Niagara campaign of the War of 1812	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ surface form: Battle of Niagara
artilleryImportance	control of the central hilltop guns was crucial to the battle ⓘ
belligerent	British Army ⓘ Canadian militia ⓘ First Nations allies of the British ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
BritishCanadianCasualtiesApproximate	about 800 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
BritishCommanderWounded	Gordon Drummond was wounded in the battle ⓘ
BritishForcesType	British regular infantry ⓘ Canadian militia units ⓘ artillery units ⓘ
casualties	one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812 ⓘ
commander	Eleazar W. Ripley ⓘ Gordon Drummond ⓘ Jacob Brown ⓘ Phineas Riall ⓘ Winfield Scott ⓘ
conflict	War of 1812 ⓘ
countryAtTime	Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: British colony of Upper Canada
date	25 July 1814 ⓘ
endDate	25 July 1814 ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Fort Erie ⓘ
location	Battle of Lundy’s Lane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lundy’s Lane Upper Canada ⓘ near Niagara Falls ⓘ present-day Ontario, Canada ⓘ
notableFeature	intense close-range artillery and musket fire ⓘ repeated charges over a hilltop artillery position ⓘ
outcome	U.S. forces withdrew to Fort Erie ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Lundy’s Lane self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Niagara campaign of 1814
precededBy	capture of Fort Erie by U.S. forces in July 1814 ⓘ
result	strategic British-Canadian advantage ⓘ tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance	considered one of the hardest-fought battles of the War of 1812 ⓘ halted the American advance into Upper Canada in 1814 ⓘ
startDate	25 July 1814 ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of the Niagara peninsula ⓘ
terrain	ridge near Niagara Falls with road and cemetery ⓘ
timeOfDay	fought largely in the evening and at night ⓘ
USCasualtiesApproximate	about 850 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
USCommanderWounded	Jacob Brown was wounded in the battle ⓘ Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle ⓘ
USForcesType	American militia units ⓘ United States Infantry ⓘ surface form: United States Army regulars

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of 1812 → battle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

Battle of Queenston Heights → campaign → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812

Battle of Lundy’s Lane → partOf → Battle of Lundy’s Lane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niagara campaign of 1814

Battle of Lundy’s Lane → location → Battle of Lundy’s Lane self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lundy’s Lane

Battle of Lundy’s Lane → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Niagara

19th Light Dragoons → notableBattle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

defence of Upper Canada → hasPart → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

subject surface form: Defence of Upper Canada

Jacob Brown → battle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle → woundedIn → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

subject surface form: Winfield Scott

Siege of Fort Erie → relatedCampaign → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lundy’s Lane campaign

Gordon Drummond → notableBattle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ

United States military forces in the War of 1812 → engagedInBattle → Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ