What the records say
- When
- 15 Sep 1762
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.57° N, 52.68° W
- Description
- 1762 battle
Battle of Signal Hill
1762 battle of the French and Indian War
The Battle of Signal Hill, fought on 15 September 1762, was the last battle of the French and Indian War. A British force under Lieutenant-colonel William Amherst recaptured St. John's, which the French had seized earlier that year in a surprise attack described in some accounts as an ambush.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French and Indian War: Battle of Signal Hill – British troops defeat the French in the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire britannique sur la France à la bataille de Signal Hill”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Сигнал-Хилле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “フレンチ・インディアン戦争：シグナルヒルの戦いでイギリス軍がフランス軍を撃破。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page