Stoney Creek, Battle of
STONEY CREEK, BATTLE OF
STONEY CREEK, BATTLE OF (6 June 1813). Generals John Chandler and William H. Winder, with about fourteen hundred Americans, encamped on 5 June at Stoney Creek at the western end of Lake Ontario, near the British camp at Burlington Heights. The following morning, shortly before daybreak, British general John Vincent, with about seven hundred British regulars, attacked the Americans, and heavy casualties were suffered on both sides. The two American commanders, eighteen other officers, and eighty men, as well as ordnance, were captured. Fearing a renewal of the attack, the American army withdrew.
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