What the records say
- When
- 7 Feb 1813
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 44.60° N, 75.68° W
- Description
- Raid on Elizabethtown.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Raid on Elizabethtown.
Raid on Elizabethtown
The Raid on Elizabethtown occurred on February 7, 1813, when Major Benjamin Forsyth and 200 regulars and militia crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River to occupy Elizabethtown, Upper Canada, seize military and public stores, free American prisoners and capture British military prisoners. This was the second successful raid by Forsyth along the St. Lawrence River, having previously attacked Gananoque.
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