MAY 6TH, !*!$: Denied reinforcements by Governor General Sir George Prevost for a large-scale attack on Sackets Harbor, NY, Lt. Governor Gordon Drummond and Commodore Sir James Yeo decided instead to capture Oswego, a less fortified but important transhipment port on Lake Ontario from which the U.S. Navy obtained supplies and ordnance.
The British used eight warships and three gunboats to bombard the village and Fort Ontario as well as cover the troop landing.
The British suffered many casualties but were rewarded with a bounty of provisions, artillery and ammunition, as well as several vessels.
The victory put a temporary strain on supplies for the Americans and delayed Commodore Isaac Chauncey's ship-building at Sackets Harbor but otherwise did not deal the Americans a decisive blow on Lake Ontario.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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