Battle of Queenston Heights

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Queenston Heights was a pivotal 1812 engagement in which British, Canadian, and Indigenous forces repelled an American invasion across the Niagara River, helping secure Upper Canada early in the War of 1812.

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Queenston Heights ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
associatedWith	Niagara River frontier → defence of Canada in the War of 1812 →
belligerent	British Army → Canadian militia → Indigenous warriors → Province of Upper Canada → United Kingdom → United States → United States Army →
BrockStatus	Isaac Brock was killed in action →
campaign	Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 →
cause	American invasion of Upper Canada →
commander	Isaac Brock → John Norton → John Vincent → Roger Hale Sheaffe → Stephen Van Rensselaer → Winfield Scott →
commemoratedOn	Canadian National Historic Site at Queenston Heights →
conflict	War of 1812 →
countryAtTime	Upper Canada →
date	13 October 1812 →
involvedForceType	Indigenous warriors → militia → regular infantry →
location	Niagara River → Queenston Heights → Queenston, Upper Canada →
memorial	Brock’s Monument →
memorialLocation	Queenston Heights, Ontario →
notableEvent	Death of Isaac Brock →
notableParticipant	Haudenosaunee warriors → Major-General Isaac Brock → Mohawk warriors →
objective	American attempt to establish a bridgehead on the Canadian side of the Niagara River →
outcome	American forces driven back across the Niagara River → Secured British control of the Niagara frontier in 1812 →
partOf	War of 1812 →
presentDayLocation	Ontario, Canada →
result	British victory → Defeat of American invasion of Upper Canada →
strategicSignificance	Discouraged further immediate American invasions across the Niagara River → Helped secure Upper Canada early in the War of 1812 →
tactic	American river crossing by boat → British and Canadian counterattack up the heights →
terrain	Heights overlooking the Niagara River →
year	1812 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
War of 1812 →	battle
Isaac Brock →	conflict
Battle of Queenston Heights ("Queenston Heights") →	location