JULY 20-21: Aftre the Battle of Chippawa, the Americans under Major General Jacob Brown marched to Queenston, Upper Canada. On July 20th, they sent forces against Fort Mississauga and Fort George.
The column approaching Fort Mississauga came under heavy fire and withdrew. This was the only time teh fort's cannons fired on an enemy.
A second force approached Fort George and began to dig siege batteries. The British shelled the Americans. The U.S. naval commander on Lake Ontario, Commodore Isaac Chauncey, failed to transport the heavy guns needed to capture the British forts from his base at Sackets Harbor.
On 22 July, without the necessary artillery, Major general Brown withdrew to Queenston.
The was the limit of the American advance on the Niagara Frontier in the 1814 campaign.
--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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